Question

Bank a charges a six dollar service fee and $.10 for each check written. Bank be charges $5.20 for each check written how many checks does a person need to write each month for the two banks to charge the same amounts in fees?

Answer 1

A person needs to write each month 1.17 checks for the two banks to charge the same amounts in fees.

Explanation:

You can write an equation in which the amount charged by bank a is equal to the amount charged by bank b. The amount bank a charges is 6 plus 0.10 for the number of checks written and the amount bank b charges is 5.20 for the number of checks written.

6+0.10x=5.20x, where x is the number of checks written

Now, you can solve for x to find the number of checks written where the two banks charge the same amounts in fees:

6=5.20x-0.10x

6=5.10x

x=6/5.10

x=1.17

According to this, the answer is that a person needs to write each month 1.17 checks for the two banks to charge the same amounts in fees.