An investment group decided to raise Shs. 960 000 to buy a piece of land costing Kshs. 80 000 per hectare. Before they paid, four...

An investment group decided to raise Shs. 960 000 to buy a piece of land costing Kshs. 80 000 per hectare. Before they paid, four of them pulled out and those that remained were supposed to pay an additional Kshs. 40 000.
a. If the initial number of members was 𝑥, write down;
i. An expression of what each was to contribute originally.
ii. An expression of what each of remaining members contributed.
b. Calculate the number of members who were initially in the group using the expression in (a) above.
c. If the land was sub divided equally, calculate what size each member got.

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sharon kalunda answered the question on August 22, 2019 at 11:38

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