Question Number 76991 by liki last updated on 02/Jan/20
Commented by liki last updated on 02/Jan/20
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Answered by MJS last updated on 02/Jan/20
$$\mathrm{we}\:\mathrm{have}\:{p}\:\mathrm{people},\:\mathrm{everybody}\:\mathrm{gets}\:\frac{\mathrm{432}}{{p}}\:\mathrm{oranges} \\ $$$$\mathrm{with}\:{p}−\mathrm{4}\:\mathrm{people}\:\mathrm{everybody}\:\mathrm{gets}\:\frac{\mathrm{432}}{{p}}+\mathrm{9} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow \\ $$$$\frac{\mathrm{432}}{{p}−\mathrm{4}}=\frac{\mathrm{432}}{{p}}+\mathrm{9} \\ $$$$\frac{\mathrm{432}}{{p}−\mathrm{4}}=\frac{\mathrm{9}{p}+\mathrm{432}}{{p}}\:\:\:\:\:\mid×{p}\left({p}−\mathrm{4}\right) \\ $$$$\mathrm{432}{p}=\left(\mathrm{9}{p}+\mathrm{432}\right)\left({p}−\mathrm{4}\right) \\ $$$$\mathrm{432}{p}=\mathrm{9}{p}^{\mathrm{2}} +\mathrm{396}{p}−\mathrm{1728} \\ $$$$\mathrm{9}{p}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{36}{p}−\mathrm{1728}=\mathrm{0} \\ $$$${p}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{4}{p}−\mathrm{192}=\mathrm{0} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\:{p}=−\mathrm{12}\:\left[\mathrm{not}\:\mathrm{useable}\right]\:\mathrm{or}\:{p}=\mathrm{16} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\:\mathrm{16}\:\mathrm{people} \\ $$
Commented by liki last updated on 02/Jan/20
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