A group of acquaints went to a restaurants for a meal. When the bill for £175 was brought by a waiter, two of the cheeky ones from the group just sneaked off before the bill was paid, which resulted in the payment of extra £10 by each remaining individual. How many were in the group at first?
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let there be x peoples
so amount need to pay by one will be 175/x
now since two just left so now it will be 175/x-2
a/q 175/x +10=175/x-2
solve the quadratic to get the value of x
so amount need to pay by one will be 175/x
now since two just left so now it will be 175/x-2
a/q 175/x +10=175/x-2
solve the quadratic to get the value of x
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quadric equation comes to be x^2-2x-35=0, so x =7 is the answer
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