SOLUTION: A city park is opening a new swimming pool. You can pay a daily entrance fee of $3 or purchase a membership for the 12-week summer season for $82 and pay only $1 per day to swim. H

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Question 984415: A city park is opening a new swimming pool. You can pay a daily entrance fee of $3 or purchase a membership for the 12-week summer season for $82 and pay only $1 per day to swim. How many days would you have to swim to make the membership worthwhile?
Answer by macston(5194) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x=number of days swimming
$3x=$82+$1x
$2x=$82
x=41
ANSWER: You would have to swim more than 41 days for the membership to be worthwhile.