Weekly donation split among a changing crowd
Question
Each week you hand out the same total amount, shared equally among whoever asks. Had fewer people asked next week, each would get $2 more than this week's amount. In fact more people asked next week, and each got $1 less than this week. How much did each person get this week?
Short answer
$6. With total and people, gives and gives . Solving, and , so this week each got (check: , ).
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