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The R students in a class agree to contribute equally to buy their teacher a birthday present that costs y dollars. If x of the students later fail to contribute their share, which of the following represents the additional number of dollars that each of the remaining students must contribute in order to pay for the present?
A. y/R
B. y/(R-x)
C. xy/(R-x)
D. xy/(R(R-x))
E. y/(R(R-x))
OA
D
If all students paid, then each student would contribute y/R dollars. If x students fail to pay, then the remaining (R - x) students must still pay the total cost of the present y, so each will now have to contribute y/(R - x) dollars. The difference between these two amounts represents the additional number of dollars that each of the remaining students must pay.
We can create the following expression:
y / (R - x) - y / R
Getting the common denominator R(R - x), we have:
yR / [R(R- x)] - y(R- x) / [R(R-x)]
(yR - yR + xy) / [R(R- x)]
xy / [R(R - x)]
Answer: D
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