300 chocolates were distributed equally among all the students of a class. if 10 more students joined the class, each student got one chocolate less, what was the total number of students initially ?
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First we form equations with x.
Let x be the original amount of students.
300/x = 300/(x+10) + 1
300/x = (x+310)/(x+10)
We cross multiply the two equations.
x²+10x-3000=0
Solve for x with the quadratic formula, giving you -60 and 50. We reject the negative value, and so 50 is the answer.
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