Question

A gym is selling monthly memberships for $40 each and reusable water bottles for $6 each. The gym needs to make $1248 by the end of the month.

Enter a linear equation that describes the problem.

An equation for the amount of money made by the gym is = $1248, where m is the number of monthly memberships sold, an

Answer 1

let w be the number of reusable water bottles sold, then

1248 = 40m + 6w

Or, in general form

20m + 3w - 624 = 0