A certain number of Jua kali artisan agreed to contribute equally to buy a welding machine worth Ksh 12,000. Five of the artisan pulled out so...

      

A certain number of Jua kali artisan agreed to contribute equally to buy a welding machine worth Ksh 12,000. Five of
the artisan pulled out so the others agreed to contribute an extra Kshs 100 each. Their contribution enabled them to
buy a machine worth Ksh 2000 more than the previous machine.
a) If the original number of artisan was n, write down:
i) An expression of how much each artisan was to contribute originally.
ii) An expression of how much each of the remaining artisan contributed.
b) Calculate how many artisan made the contribution.
c) Calculate how much each contributed.

  

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sharon
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sharon kalunda answered the question on May 7, 2019 at 11:01


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