Question

help

Answer 1

@Hero @Elsa213 @dude

Answer 2

How much was the initial fee for Jimmy's gym membership?

Answer 3

uhh $70?

Answer 4

We'll come back to that. How much was Jimmy's monthly membership fee?

Answer 5

idk it doesnt say

Answer 6

"Both gyms charge a one-time initiation fee plus a set cost per month."

Answer 7

It does say. You have to use context clues

Answer 8

$10

Answer 9

set cost per month

Answer 10

How much is the difference in cost from month two to month three for Jimmy?

Answer 11

$10?

Answer 12

Ah I see. Maybe it is $10

Answer 13

They skipped boxes for some months.

Answer 14

2 - 80
3 - 90
4 - 100
5 - 110

Answer 15

Good

Answer 16

Okay, so you know the initial fee and the cost per month so how can we write an equation to represent Jimmy's monthly cost?

Answer 17

y = 10x + 70 ?

Answer 18

Yes. Now we have to do the same for the other guy

Answer 19

ok

Answer 20

y = 15x + 50

Answer 21

Okay, so you should be able to set both expressions equal and solve for x

Answer 22

x representing the month both are paying the same amount

Answer 23

10x + 70 = 15x + 50 ?

Answer 24

Looks good

Answer 25

One sec, i always struggle at this part

Answer 26

How, why?

Answer 27

I know I'm supposed to get X on one said but

Answer 28

I know I'm supposed to get X on one said but

Answer 29

Do i start out with Dividing either 10x or 15x?

Answer 30

side*^^

Answer 31

You're supposed to subtract the like terms first

Answer 32

Oh really

Answer 33

I thought first, you get rid of one of the x's.

Answer 34

subtract and see what happens

Answer 35

do i subtract it from the variables too?

Answer 36

Yes

Answer 37

So i subtracted 50 and got

-40x+20=-35x

Answer 38

Yeah you did that all wrong. Subtract the smaller numbers from the bigger numbers

Answer 39

What you should have done:

70 - 50 = 15x - 10x

Answer 40

50 is smaller than 70

Answer 41

50 is smaller than 70

Answer 42

You're a genius.

Answer 43

I didnt put the x's all on one side

Answer 44

You should do it the exact way I've shown.

Answer 45

70 - 50 is subtracting the smaller from the bigger BTW

Answer 46

50 is the smaller number being subtracted from the bigger number 70, thus 70 - 50

Answer 47

yeah i know

Answer 48

Problem was, i thought i would get rid of one of the X's so i didnt put constants w/ constants or variable w/ variables

Answer 49

like this, here's an example

Answer 50

you end up with 20 = 5x

Answer 51

Then divide both sides by 5

Answer 52

4= x

Answer 53

um

Answer 54

We can check that to make sure

Answer 55

See if both month 4 values are the same

Answer 56

Clearly not

Answer 57

@Vocaloid

Answer 58

I was going with the values you created yourself. If they are not right then the next step is to go back and make sure they are all correct.

Answer 59

No, my values are just fine, your answer is just wrong

Answer 60

Jimmy Gymboree

1= 70 1= 35
2= 80 2= 50
3= 90 3= 65
4= 100 4= 80
5= 110 5= 95
6= 120 6= 110
7= 130 7= 125
8= 140 8= 140

Answer 61

They meet on month 8

Answer 62

1st, it's not my value, it's your value based on your equations you came up with.

Answer 63

2nd, you need to go back and make sure the values for initial fee and monthly fee are correct

Answer 64

Yeah that's what I'm doing, the initial fee for Gymboree is 35 not 50

Answer 65

Okay

Answer 66

Weird, i still end up with 7 and not 8

Answer 67

10x + 70 = 15x + 35
70-35 = (15 - 10)x
35 = 5x
35/5 = 7 = x

yep so something is still off.

Answer 68

I re-checked my table, it looks correct to me

Answer 69

How do you figure?

Answer 70

For Jimmy i added 10 and other guy is 15

Answer 71

@Vocaloid

Answer 72

im making a new post