Question

To become a member of an ice skating rink, you have to pay a $30 mambership fee. The cost of admission to the rink is 5$ for members and 7$ for nonmembers after how many visits to the rink is the total cost for members including the membership fee the same as the total cost for nonmembers.

Answer 1

let x = number of visits
then put
\[30+5x=7x\] and solve for x