9 people are planning to share equally the cost of a rental van . if one person withdraws from the arrangement and the others share equally the cost of the rental van , then the share of each of the remaining people will increase by . . . ?
let p = total cost of the rental van . the original share per person is p / 9 . the new share per person is p / 8 . p / 8 = p / 9 * 9 / 8 = ( 1 + 1 / 8 ) * original share the answer is b .
divide(subtract(divide(const_1, subtract(9, const_1)), divide(const_1, 9)), divide(const_1, 9))