Problema Solution

Members of the lake Shawnee club pay $40 per summer season plus $7.50 each time they rent a boat. nonmembers pay $12.50 each time they rent a boat. How many times would both a member and a nonmember have to rent a boat on order to pay the same amount

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let 'n' be the number of times the boat has been rented


the member will pay: 40 + n*7.50


the non-member will pay: 12.50*n


we need to find n so that the member and the non-member would pay the same amount


40 + n*7.50 = 12.50*n


by solving we find


n = 8 times


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in order to pay the same amount the member and the non-member would have to rent a boat 8 times.