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A number of friends decided to go on a picnic and planned to spend of Rs 960 on food Four of them however did not turn up As a consequence the remaining once had to contribute Rs 40 each extra The number of those who attended the picnic was _______________.

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24
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Solution

The correct option is A 8
Let the number of friends who attended the picnic be n
we have 960x4960x=40960x−4−960x=40 which gives x=12
(Note substitute x=12 and satisfy the equation).

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