A number of people working at a factory decided to raise sh. 72,000 towards a famine relief. Each person was to contribute the same amount....

A number of people working at a factory decided to raise sh. 72,000 towards a famine relief. Each person was to contribute the same amount. Before the contributions were collected, five of the people retired from working at the factory. This means that the remaining contributors had to pay more to meet the same target.
(a) Taking ‘n’ as the number of people working in the factory originally, write down an expression for the increase in the contribution per person.
(b) If the increase in the contribution per person was sh. 1200, find the number of people originally.
(c) How much would each person have contributed to the nearest shilling if the five had not retired?
(d) Calculate the percentage increase in the contribution per person caused by retirements giving your answer to the nearest hundredth.

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sharon kalunda answered the question on August 20, 2019 at 12:16

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