A gym charges its members a onetime $ 36 enrollment fee and a membership fee of $ 19 per month.

Question

A gym charges its members a onetime $ 36 enrollment fee and a membership fee of $ 19 per month. If there are no charges other than the enrollment fee and the membership fee, after how many months will a member have been charged a total of $ 188 at the gym?

Accepted Answer

Choice C is correct. It&rsquo;s given that a gym charges its members a onetime $ 36 enrollment fee and a membership fee of $ 19 per month. Let x represent the number of months at the gym after which a member will have been charged a total of $ 188 . If there are no charges other than the enrollment fee and the membership fee, the equation 36 + 19 x = 188 can be used to represent this situation. Subtracting 36 from both sides of this equation yields 19 x = 152 . Dividing both sides of this equation by 19 yields x = 8 . Therefore, a member will have been charged a total of $ 188 after 8 months at the gym. Choice A is incorrect. A member will have been charged a total of $ 36 + 19 &#215; 4 , or $ 112 , after 4 months at the gym. Choice B is incorrect. A member will have been charged a total of $ 36 + 19 &#215; 5 , or $ 131 , after 5 months at the gym. Choice D is incorrect. A member will have been charged a total of $ 36 + 19 &#215; 10 , or $ 226 , after 10 months at the gym.

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