Question

shawna plans to join the landscape arboretum and attend its gardening classes. the coast of a membership is $40 per year, plus a fixed cost for each gardening class she decides to attend. write a formula that describes how much it will coast shawna to join the arboretum and attend classes. let's let
c=cost of each
n=number of classes she attends
t=total cost

Answer 1

do the problem in small steps.
they say
**the cost of a membership is $40 per year **

if she only joins but does not take any classes, any idea how much the total cost will be ?

Answer 2

No i have no idea how to do this i was totally lost when the question was asked

Answer 3

let's say it is you. You want to join a club. It costs $40.
after you join, you don't do anything at the club that costs money.
how much money did you spend in total ?

Answer 4

0

Answer 5

it costs money to join. and you do join. How much did you spend ?

Answer 6

oh so i join and it cost 40 to join so i spend 40 if i dont do anything that cost

Answer 7

yes. now write it as an equation
"t" stands for total cost. we write
t= ??
what do we replace the ?? with (what number) ?

Answer 8

40

Answer 9

yes, now, write down the equation

Answer 10

t=40

Answer 11

so far, so good.

now say you can take classes that cost money (we don't know the amount, but we call the amount "c" (some unknown number)

Answer 12

if you take one class, how much money will it cost ? any idea ?

Answer 13

stuck?

Answer 14

i have no idea

Answer 15

never mind it was t=40+(cn)