A certain number of people were to contribute equally to buy books worth sh.1200 for a school library. Five people pulled out, so the others...

      

A certain number of people were to contribute equally to buy books worth sh.1200 for a school library. Five people pulled out, so the others agreed to contribute on extra sh.10 each. Their contributions enabled them to buy books worth sh.200 more than originally expected.
(a) If the original number of people was x, write an expression of how much each was originally
to contribute.
(b)Write down two expression of how much each contributed after the five people pulled out.
(c) Calculate how many people made the contribution.

  

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sharon
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sharon kalunda answered the question on August 9, 2019 at 15:36


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