SOLUTION: A local water park has two types of season passes. Plan A costs a one time fee of $131 for admission plus $5 for every parking trip. Plan B costs a one-time fee of $50 for parking
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Question 1050048: A local water park has two types of season passes. Plan A costs a one time fee of $131 for admission plus $5 for every parking trip. Plan B costs a one-time fee of $50 for parking plus $20 for admission every trip. How many trips must a person make for plan A and plan B to be equal in value?
Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x be the number of trips, then
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Plan A cost is 131 + 5x
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Plan B cost is 20x + 50
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we set Plan A = to Plan B and solve for x
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131 + 5x = 20x + 50
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15x = 81
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x = 5.4 trips
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