SOLUTION: In a certain office, 240 reams of bond paper were to be used in printing to be divided equally among a certain number of divisions. If there had been four divisions more, each woul

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Question 921408: In a certain office, 240 reams of bond paper were to be used in printing to be divided equally among a certain number of divisions. If there had been four divisions more, each would have received 4/5 as many. How many divisions are there? ( answer is 16 - show your solution )
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) About Me  (Show Source):
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Reams per division, 240%2Fn for n divisions.

If n+4 divisions, then each division has %28240%2F%28n%2B4%29%29=%284%2F5%29%28240%2Fn%29; and you want to solve for n.