Akukuranut women group decided to raise sh.126,000 towards a poultry farming project. Each woman was to contribute equal amount. Before the contributions, 7 of them pulled...

      

Akukuranut women group decided to raise sh.126,000 towards a poultry farming project. Each
woman was to contribute equal amount. Before the contributions, 7 of them pulled out from the
project therefore the remaining members had to pay more.
(a) If P stands for the original number of members, show that the increase in contribution Was

(b) If the increase in contribution per person was sh.200, find the number of women
That were originally involved in the project.
(c) Calculate percentage increase in the contribution per person caused by the withdrawal of
some women to one decimal place.

  

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sharon kalunda answered the question on August 15, 2019 at 12:40

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