Question

A fitness club offers two water aerobics classes. There are currently 40 people in the moming class and

attendance is growing at a rate of 2 people per month. The afternoon class has 22 members and is growing at
a rate of 8 people per month. In how many months will there be the same number of people in each class and
how many people will be in each class?


please help

Answer 1

3 months

Explanation:

You would set the equations = to each other to identify when they will be the same number of __. The equations to begin with is 40 + 2x and 22 + 8x, you would do 40 + 2x = 22 + 8x and algebraically solve for X, which is the months. so 18 = 6x, x = 3