a swimming pool charges £3.60 for entry. you can save 1/3 of entry fee with a membership card. on his first visit, ken spends £5

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Snezhnost [94]

1 year ago

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a swimming pool charges £3.60 for entry. you can save 1/3 of entry fee with a membership card. on his first visit, ken spends £5

on a membership card plus the reduced entry fee. how many times does ken visit before he gets back his £5

Mathematics

1 answer:

nikitadnepr [17] · Answer 1 · 2023-10-05T22:57:29+03:00

nikitadnepr [17]1 year ago

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Answer:

5

Step-by-step explanation:

You save ⅓ of entry fee, so you save 1.20 and you pay 2.40. We only really care about the 1.20 reduction. 5 / 1.2 = 4.16 so he must go 5 times to get the 5 back