One health club charges a monthly fee of $81 and an extra $5 for every visit. Another health club charges $86 per month and $4 for every visit. For how many visits will the monthly charge be the same? Suppose x is the number of visits per month. Write a linear equation, which will derive the solution for the problem.
x = number of visits per month
y = total monthly cost
y = 5x + 81 {one health club charges monthly fee of $81 and $5 for each visit}
y = 4x + 86 {another club charges monthly fee of $86 and $4 for each visit}
5x + 81 = 4x + 86 {the linear equation to find out when the charge will be the same}
x + 81 = 86 {subtracted 4x from each side}
x = 5 {subtracted 81 from each side}
For 5 visits, the monthly charge (y) will be the same.
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y = total monthly cost
y = 5x + 81 {one health club charges monthly fee of $81 and $5 for each visit}
y = 4x + 86 {another club charges monthly fee of $86 and $4 for each visit}
5x + 81 = 4x + 86 {the linear equation to find out when the charge will be the same}
x + 81 = 86 {subtracted 4x from each side}
x = 5 {subtracted 81 from each side}
For 5 visits, the monthly charge (y) will be the same.
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