Question

An amusement park offers a yearly membership of $275 that allows for free parking and admission to the park. Members can also use the water park for an additional $5 per day. Nonmembers pay $6 for parking, $15 for admission, and $9 for the water park. a. Write and solve an equation to find the number of visits it would take for the total cost to be the same for a member and a nonmember if they both use the water park at each visit. b. Make a table for the costs of members and nonmembers after 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 visits to the park. c. Plot these points on a coordinate graph and describe things you notice from the graph.

Answer 1

Answer: (6+15+9)=275+5x

X=11

Explanation:

Supposing one car by visitor, then non members will always pay the 5 dollars per person parking

Non members will spend 30 dollars a visit

And members wil have an accumulated spend of 275 initial dollars plus 5 dollars a visit.

Then (6+15+9)=275+5x

X=11

They'll have spent the same after the 11th visit.

Chart and plot in picture.