Problema Solution

Several office workers bought a $35 gift certificate for their boss. If there had been two more employees to contribute, everyone's cost would have been $2 less. How many workers contributed to the gift?

Answer provided by our tutors

We assume X workers contributed to the gift.

So the equation is

35/x = 35/(x+2) +2

We solve it

 x = 5

So 5 workers contributed to the gift.