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Answer:
He bought 20 balls
Step-by-step explanation:
Cost of a certain number of golf balls = $20
Let 1 golf ball cost $x
This means number of balls bought = 20 / x
If each ball has costed 20 cents less;
Converting 20 cents to dollars = $0.2
$x - $0.2
he could have bought five more for the same money.
Number of balls = 20/x + 5
Using the formulae;
Cost of 1 ball * Number of balls bought = Amount spent
(x-0.2) (20/x + 5) = 20
Expanding the expression;
x(20/x + 5) - 0.2(20/x + 5) = 20
20 + 5x - 4/x - 1 = 20
19 + 5x - 4/x = 20
5x - 4/x = 1
Multiplying all through by x
5x^2 - 4 = x
5x^2 - x - 4 = 0
(5x + 4)(x - 1) = 0
x = 1 or -4/5
-4/5 is unrealistic hence the correct value is;
x = $1
He bought 20 balls; 20 / x = 20 / 1 = 20
The reduction in the price of each ball increases the number of balls the man can buy at RM 20.
The number of balls he bought is 20 balls.
Reasons:
The given parameters are;
The amount the man bought the golf balls = RM 20
The number of golf balls he could have bought if each ball costs 20 cents less = 5 more balls
Let the number of balls the man bought = x
Let the price of each ball be m
We have;
m × x = 20
(x + 5)·(m - 0.20) = 20
Therefore, we get;
[tex]m = \dfrac{20}{x}[/tex]
Which gives;
[tex]\left(x + 5 \right) \cdot \left(\dfrac{20}{x} - 0.20\right) = 20[/tex]
[tex]-\dfrac{\left(0.2 \cdot x^2- 19 \cdot x - 100\right)}{x} = 20[/tex]
20·x = -0.2·x² + 19·x + 100
0.2·x² + x - 100 = 0
x² + 5·x - 500 = 0
(x + 25)·(x - 20)
x = 20
The number of balls he bought, x = 20 balls
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