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Members of a group decides to raise k£ 100 towards a charity. Five of them were unable to contribute. Each of the rest had therefore...

Members of a group decides to raise k£ 100 towards a charity. Five of them were unable to contribute. Each of the rest had therefore to pay k£ 1 more, in order to raise the same amount.
a) If the original number of member was x, writes downs:
i) An expression of how much each was originally to contribute.
ii) Two distinct expressions of how much each contributed after the five pulled out.
b) Calculate the value of x.
c) Solve the equation

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Kavungya answered the question on November 18, 2019 at 13:01

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