allyson can pay for her gym membership on a monthly basis, but if she pays for an entire year's membership in advance, she'll receive a 53 dollar discount? her discounted bill for the year would then be $475. what is the monthly membership fee at her gym?

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cloverracer · Answer

First step would be to figure out what Allyson's yearly membership is without the discount.

cloverracer · Answer

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cloverracer · Answer

What do you think that step is..?

anonymous · Answer

As Clover already told you, add the $53 discount to the discounted yearly membership amount ($475).

$475 + $53 = _$_____

That would be the undiscounted membership fee for twelve months.

What would you divide by to get the membership fee for one month?

$_____ divide by ____  equals  ________

I got an answer between $40 and $50 per month. What did you get?

anonymous · Answer

what i dont understand is why you would add the 53 instead of subtracting it???

anonymous · Answer

Hi, Ali,

You are right, that if you are making the purchase, you deduct the discount. Let me illustrate.

Donuts at the Piggly Wiggly are $1 each, but if you buy twelve, you get a $3 discount. The discounted price is $9.

NOW, let's turn this problem around:

Alisa can pay for her donuts at the Piggly Wiggly one at a time, but if she pays for an entire dozen at once, she'll receive a $3 discount.

Her discounted total for a dozen donuts is $9. What is the cost of one donut?

Her discounted total was $9

What was the amount of the discount? $3

She paid the $9, she didn't pay the $3

Add them together, you get $12, the cost of a dozen donuts, paid one at a time.

Divide by 12, and you get $1, the cost of one donut.

I hope this explains what you had trouble understanding.

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