Casey wants to buy a gym membership. One gym has a $150 joining fee and costs $35 per month. Another gym has no joining fee and costs $60 per month. When would Casey pay the same amount to be a member of either gym? How much would he pay?
You would set them up equal to each other like this. 150+35x=60x Then you would subtract 35x from both sides to get this. 150=25x Last you would divide both sides by 25 to find x. 150/25=25x/25 6=x So 6 months. Then the easiest would be plug in the x value (6) in the 60x. 60(6)= 360 So $360 in 6 months.