Question 393589:  The cost of a membership to a health club has an initiation fee and monthly dues. If the club charges $100 for 2 months and $200 for 6 months, then find the initiation cost and the monthly dues fees. 
 Answer by robertb(5830)      (Show Source): 
You can  put this solution on YOUR website! Let i = initiation fee, m = monthly fee.
 
Then we get the system 
i + 2m = 100 <--(1) 
i + 6m = 200 <--(2) 
Subtracting the top equation from the bottom equation, we get
 
4m = 100, or m = $25, the monthly fee. 
The initiation fee is i + 2*25 = 100, 
==> i = 100 - 50 = $50 
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