Question

1. The rent of a condo unit was ₱1,200.00 for one night, to be shared equally by a group of female friends, who will be having their get together in the condo unit. At the last minute, four people decided not to go to the party, thus raising the cost to each girl by ₱400.00. How many girls attended the get-together?

(With Solutions Please)

Answer 1

6 girls were there are first

Explanation:

use trial and error. divide 1200 by a random number like 10, and see how much they each had to pay. If we guessed 10, then each girl would hypothetically pay 120 pounds. If four girls left, then 1200/6 would be 200 pounds. there was only a 60 pound increase here, not a 400 pound one.

I checked 1200/6 which equals 200 pounds per girl. If 4 girls left, then it would be 600 pounds for the 2 remaining girls. the rent increased from 200 to 600 which is a 400 pound increase.