Question 213451
a social club charters a plane at a cost of $42240 to take a group of members on an excursion to atlantic city. at the last minute, 8 people in the group decide not to go. this raises the transportation cost per person by $22. how many people originally intended to take the trip?
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Comment: I'll set it up for you.
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Original cost per person: 42240/x if the group has x persons going.
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New cost per person: 42240/(x-8) if 8 drop out
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Equation:
New cost pp - Original cost pp = 22 
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solve for "x".
Cheers,
Stan H.