To skate at Roller Heaven, each person must pay a membership free (m) and a fee for each session (f). Art attended 5 sessions and paid $25 in all. later, when he had attended 10 sessions, he paid $40 in all. How much is the membership free and how much are the sessions.
Write a system of two equations with the variable m and f in each to represent this problem.

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To skate at Roller Heaven, each person must pay a membership free (m) and a fee for each session (f). Art attended 5 sessions and paid $25 in all. later, when he had attended 10 sessions, he paid $40 in all. How much is the membership free and how much are the sessions.
Write a system of two equations with the variable m and f in each to represent this problem.

anonymous · Answer

5f+m=25
10f +m=40
here is your system of equations, now try solving with substitution or subtraction

anonymous · Answer

substitution, you isolate a variable, i suggest m for one the the equations and plug it into the m of the other equation.