(1) If the admission fee had been $0.75 less and 100 more people had attended, the club would have received the same amount in admission fees.
(2) If the admission fee had been $1.50 more and 100 fewer people had attended, the club would have received the same amount in admission fees.
Ans: C
請問如果這題是PS, 各位會如何解題?
我的解法如下, 但看起來很笨, 所以想問問有無更高明的解法?
設此club有p人, admission fee為 f
由(1)可得, pf = (f - 0.75)(p + 100)
由(2)可得, pf = (f + 1.50)(p - 100)
以DS 的角度來看, 應該有這樣兩個方程式就夠解出兩個未知數了吧?
為了驗證, 我試著把兩個式子合併, 也就是
(f - 0.75)(p + 100) = (f + 1.50)(p - 100)
乘開簡化之後變成 2.25p - 200f - 75 = 0
再簡化變成 p = 100(8f+3)/9
但其實這樣還是有兩個未知數阿...
所以我原本答案寫(E), 結果錯了

所以我有疑問的是下面這個部分的假設:
因為 p 一定要是整數, 又100不能除盡9, 所以 (8f+3) 一定要是 9 的倍數
=> 8f+3 = 9x
試了試, f=3
再代回去, 得p = 300
是這樣解嗎?
萬一有其他的 f 也可以讓 8f+3 成為 9 的倍數, 該怎們辦呢?
有無其他更肯定的解法呢?