A number of friends decided to go on a picnic and planned to spend Rs. 96 on eatables. Four of them, however, did not turn up. As a consequence, the remaining ones had to contribute Rs. 4 extra, each. The number of those who attended the picnic was	Choose the correct choice from the following answers.
A) 8  B) 12  C) 16  D) 24  E) 25
Let the number of persons be x. Then,   96/x-4-96/x=4 =&gt; x=12   So, required number =x-4=8.   8nswer is 8
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A number of friends decided to go on a picnic and planned to spend Rs. 96 on eatables. Four of them, however, did not turn up. As a consequence, the remaining ones had to contribute Rs. 4 extra, each. The number of those who attended the picnic was