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A group of ten people were planning to contribute equal amount of money to buy some pizza. After the pizza was ordered one person left. Each of the other nine people had to pay 60 cents extra as a result. How many was the total bill?

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Answer:

$54

Step-by-step explanation:

let the initial amount of money per person be x

let the total cost of the pizza be y

Before one person left:

10x = y ------------> (eq 1)

After one person left, each of the 9 remaining people had to pay $0.60 extra.

9(x+0.6) = y ----------(eq 2)

equating y from both equations

10x = 9(x+0.6)

10x = 9x+(0.6)(9)

10x = 9x + 5.4     (subtract 9x from both sides)

10x - 9x = 5.4

x = 5.4 (substitute this back into equation 1)

10x = y

y = 10(5.4) = $54

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