An institution intended to buy a certain number of chairs for Ksh 16 200. The supplier agreed to offer a discount of Ksh 60 per chair which enabled the institution to get 3 more chairs. Taking x as the originally intended number of chairs, (a) Write an expressions in terms of x for: (i) original price per chair; (1 mark) (ii) price per chair after discount. (1 mark) (b) Determine: (i) the number of chairs the institution originally intended to buy; (4 marks) (ii) price per chair after discount; (2 marks) (iii) the amount of money the institution would have saved per chair if it bought the intended number of chairs at a discount of 15%

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An institution intended to buy a certain number of chairs for Ksh 16 200. The supplier agreed to offer a discount of Ksh 60 per chair which enabled the institution to get 3 more chairs.

Taking x as the originally intended number of chairs,

(a) Write an expressions in terms of x for:

(i) original price per chair;

(ii) price per chair after discount

(b) Determine:

(i) the number of chairs the institution originally intended to buy

(ii) price per chair after discount

(iii) the amount of money the institution would have saved per chair if it bought the intended number of chairs at a discount of 15%

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