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A one year membership to metro gym costs $460. There is a fee of $40 when you join, and the rest is paid monthly. Write an equation to represent the situation that can help members find how much they pay per month

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Answer: The equation that would help members to find how much they would pay per month is

40 + 12x = 460

Explanation:

Let x represent the amount of money that members would pay per month.

Let y represent the number of months for which a member uses the gym.

There is a fee of $40 when you join, and the rest is paid monthly. This means that the cost of using the gym for x months would be

40 + xy

A one year membership to metro gym costs $460. Therefore are 12 months in a year. Therefore,

40 + 12x = 460

12x = 460 - 40 = 420

x = 420/12 = 35

The equation that would help members to find how much they would pay per month is

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