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A school sold all but 5 of ta school sold all but 5 of their old computers for r1200 each the school received r18000 from the sale. how many comps did the school originally old computers for r1200 each the school received r18000 from the sale. how many comps did the school originally have

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Answer:

  20

Step-by-step explanation:

The proceeds from the sale can be described by an equation involving the original number of computers.

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Let n represent the number of computers the school originally had. Then n-5 is "all but 5" and is the number sold. Each is sold for ₹1200, and the value of the sale is ₹18000. This can be expressed by the equation ...

  (n -5)×1200 = 18000

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solution

This 2-step linear equation can be solved by dividing by the coefficient, and adding the opposite of the constant.

  n -5 = 18000/1200 = 15 . . . . . divide by 1200

  n = 15 +5 = 20 . . . . . . . . . . add the opposite of -5

The school originally had 20 computers.

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