Delilah wants to join a gym, so she shops around to find the one with the lowest overall price (she is not sure how long she will be a member). She finds the Harbor Square Athletic Club is running a special, and only charges a $36 initiation fee plus $85 a month to be a member. The local YMCA charges $112 to join, and has a monthly fee of $57.Find the equations for the linear models for the costs of the Harbor Square Athletic Club and the YMCA. Use C = cost ($) and m = months.Athletic Club: YMCA: Under what conditions would it be less expensive to join the YMCA?The YMCA will be less expensive if she remains a member for how many months ?

Answered: Delilah wants to join a gym, so she…

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

18th Edition

ISBN:9780079039897

Author:Carter

Publisher:Carter

Chapter9: Quadratic Functions And Equations

Section9.7: Solving Systems Of Linear And Quadratic Equations

Problem 30HP

See similar textbooks

Related questions

Question

Delilah wants to join a gym, so she shops around to find the one with the lowest overall price (she is not sure how long she will be a member). She finds the Harbor Square Athletic Club is running a special, and only charges a $36 initiation fee plus $85 a month to be a member. The local YMCA charges $112 to join, and has a monthly fee of $57.

Find the equations for the linear models for the costs of the Harbor Square Athletic Club and the YMCA. Use C = cost ($) and m = months.
Athletic Club:
YMCA:
Under what conditions would it be less expensive to join the YMCA?
The YMCA will be less expensive if she remains a member for how many months ?

Expert Solution

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

SEE SOLUTION Check out a sample Q&A here

Knowledge Booster

$Inequality$

Learn more about

Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, algebra and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.

Similar questions