Problema Solution

Members at the Star Theater pay $30.00 per month plus $1.95 for each movie. Nonmembers pay the regular $7.25 admission fee. How many movies would both a member and a nonmember have to see in a month to pay the same amount?

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Let 'x' represent the number of movies seen in a month, x is integer.

30 + 1.95x = 7.25x

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x = 5.66 approximately

Since the solution if not an integer this means that the member and the nonmember will never pay the same amount per month no mater how many films they see.