SOLUTION: You are choosing between two health clubs. Club A offers membership for a fee of $27 plus a monthly fee of $28. Club B offers membership for a fee of
$15 plus a monthly fee of
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Question 1147666: You are choosing between two health clubs. Club A offers membership for a fee of $27 plus a monthly fee of $28. Club B offers membership for a fee of
$15 plus a monthly fee of $ 32.
After how many months will the total cost of each health club be the same? What will be the total cost for each club?
In__months the total cost of each health club will be the same. Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let m be the number of months
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For Club A, total cost = 28m +27
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For Club B, total cost = 32m +15
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To find the number of months when both total costs are equal, set the equations equal to each other and solv for m
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28m +27 = 32m +15
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4m = 12
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m = 3
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In 3 months the total cost will be the same for both Clubs
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28(3) +27 = $111
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Total cost for each club will be $81
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