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The members of a flying club plan to share equally the cost of a $200,000 airplane. The members want to find five more people to join the club so that the cost per person will decrease by $2000. How many members are currently in the club?

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Suppose x members are currently in the club, then each of them will spent 200,000/x dollars to share the airplane.
If 5 more people join the club, ...

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