Question

HOw do I set this up?

A social club charters a bus at a cost of $1480 to take a group of members on an excursion to Atlantic City. At the last minute, 3 people in the group decide not to go. This raises the transportation cost per person by $3. How many people originally intended to take the trip?

Answer 1

let p = no. of people originally intended to make trip
c = cost per person
then
pc = 1480
when there is p - 3 people
(c +3)(p-3) = 1480
solve these 2 equations to get the value of p

Answer 2

I got an answer of two

Answer 3

answer should be 40 if u solve it by my way

Answer 4

Ok let me try again

Answer 5

Thanks

Answer 6

is 40 the correct answer

Answer 7

yw - you can solve the equations by substitution method

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

okkk

Answer 10

wait... can you please show the steps to solving this question.

Answer 11

never mind.. all you had to do was substitution and some quadratics XDXD