document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=316347>Question 316347</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The membership fee for joining a gardening association is $24 per year. A local botanical garden charges members of the gardening association $3 for admission to the garden. Nonmembers of the association are charged $6. After ow many visits to the garden is the total cost for members, including the membership fee, the same as the total cost for nonmembers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> represent the number of visits.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The cost to a member for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> visits is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The cost to a non-member for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> visits is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Break even when\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x\ =\ 8\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Break even at 8 visits.  Cheaper to be a member if you make 9 or more visits per year.\r<BR>\n" );
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