Rs 9,000 was divided equally among a certain number of people. Had there been 20 more people, each would have got Rs 160 less. Choose the correct statements.
Original number of people was 25.
Increased number of people was 45.
Let the original number of people be x and the increased number of people be y.
According to the question y = x + 20 . . . . (1)
Total amount = Rs 9000
The original share each person gets = Total amountNumber of people=9000x
The share of each person after increasing the number of people = 9000y
Original share of each person - share of each of the increased persons = Rs 160
⇒9000x−9000y=160
Dividing both sides by 40, we get
225x−225y=4 . . . . (2)
Putting y = x + 20 from equation (1) in equation (2) we get,
⇒225x−225x+20=4
⇒ 225+4500−225xx(x+20)=4⇒4500x(x+20)=44x2+80x=4500⇒x2+20x=1125⇒x2+20x−1125=0⇒x2+45x−25x−1125=0⇒x(x+45)−25(x+45)=0⇒(x−25)(x+45)=0⇒x=25 or x=−45
But, number of people cannot be negative.
Hence, the original number of people is 25 and increased number of people is 25 + 20 = 45