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A hotel bill for a number of people for overnight stay is Rs. 4800. If there were 4 people more, the bill each person had to pay, would have reduced by Rs. 200. Find the number of people staying overnight.

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Let the number of people staying overnight be x.

Total hotel bill = Rs. 4800

Hotel bill for each person = Rs. 4800/x

Since, the number of people cannot be negative. So, x = 8

Thus, the number of people staying overnight is 8.

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