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AMREF Kenya decided to buy y bicycles for a total cost of 72,000 shillings. The seller agreed to offer a discount of 200 shillings per bicycle....

AMREF Kenya decided to buy y bicycles for a total cost of 72,000 shillings. The seller agreed to offer a discount of 200
shillings per bicycle. AMFREF Kenya was able to buy 4 extra bicycles for the same amount of money.
(a) Write an expression in terms of y for the:
(i) original price of each bicycle.
(ii) price of each bicycle after the discount.
(b) Form an equation in y and hence determine the number of bicycles AMREF Kenya bought.
(c) Calculate the discount offered to AMREF Kenya as percentage.

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sharon kalunda answered the question on May 8, 2019 at 06:14

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