document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1171919>Question 1171919</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An online music streaming service has a yearly membership fee of $50.88. There is an initial registration fee of $3.00 and the rest is paid monthly. To figure out how much each new member pays each month, solve for m in the equation shown, where m represents the monthly fee. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #796822 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=796822\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the yearly cost is 50.88<BR>\n" );
document.write( "there is a 3 dollar registration fee and the rest is paid monthly.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50.88 minus 3 = 47.88<BR>\n" );
document.write( "47.88 / 12 = 3.99\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let y = the yearly cost.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let r = the registration fee.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let m = the monthly fee.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the equation is probably y = r + 12 * m where m represents the monthly fee and r represents the registration fee.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since r = 3 and m = 3.99, the equation becomes y = 3 + 12 * 3.99.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "solve for y to get y = 50.88\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you started with the equation of y = r + 12 * m, and you knew that the yearly cost was 50.88 and you knew that the registration fee was 3 dollars, then the equation would have become:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50.88 = 3 + 12 * m <BR>\n" );
document.write( "you would then have subtracted 3 from both sides of the equation to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50.88 - 3 = 12 * m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you would then have combined like terms to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "47.88 = 12 * m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you would then have divided both sides of the equation by 12 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "47.88 / 12 = m<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you would then have solved for m to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = 47.88 / 12 = 3.99\r<BR>\n" );
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