Question

IXL- 8th grade math W.14

A person can pay $11 for a membership to the art museum and then go to the museum for just $5 per visit. What is the maximum number of visits a member of the art museum can make for a total cost of $31?

Answer In the number of visits. (Step by step if you could please I’m doing this IXL having no idea how to do these)

Answer 1

The maximum number of visits a member of the art museum can make for a total cost of $31 is 4 visits.

Explanation:

Since the person must pay a membership fee of $11, we can deduct $11 from the total cost of $31.

$31 - $11 = $20

Now, we have $20 left to max out. Since each visit to the art museum is $5 per visit, we can divide 20 by 5.

$20 / $5 = 4

So the answer must be the person can make 4 maximum visits (and buy a membership) to equal $31. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

4 visits.

Explanation:

First make an equation to represent the cost of the museum stuff using the formula y=mx+b

y=5x+11 would be the formula because you pay a flat fee of $11 for the membership and $5 for each visit after (x represents visits, y represents total cost)

Now we need to figure out how many visits a bill of $31 would represent.

We plug in 31 for y because y represents the total cost.

31=5x+11

Now solve for x.

Subtract 11 from both sides: 20=5x

Divide each side by 5: 4=x

Since x=4, it means that a bill of $31 would represent four visits.