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A number of people bought a 300 hectares farm which they shared equally. If the number of hectares per person was 5 less than their number. Find the number of people

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Answer:

x = number of people

300/x = hectares

=> 300/x +5 = x

=> x^2-5x-300 = 0

=> x =20 (x= -15 not valid)

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