Answer:
Chelsey can be a member of the fitness club for <u>10</u> months.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
Chelsey wants to join a fitness club.
The fitness club charges an initial membership fee of $55 and a monthly fee of $19.50.
She has $250 to spend on a membership at the fitness club.
Now, to find the number of months Chelsey can be a member of the fitness club.
Let the number of months Chelsey can be a member of the fitness club be 
Monthly fee = $19.50.
Membership fee = $55.
Now, to get the number of months Chelsey can be a member of the fitness club we write and solve an equation:


<em>Subtracting both sides by 55 we get:</em>

<em>Dividing both sides by 19.50 we get:</em>

Therefore, Chelsey can be a member of the fitness club for 10 months.
First understand that this is a linear graph. Find 2 points on the graph. We can use (0,1) and (3,-3).
Look at how much the x increases, in this case the x value increases by 0+3, so 3.
Then see how much the y value increases (make sure to evaluate them in the same order) 1 + (-3) = -2.
So you know that the y value decreases by 2 units for every 3 unit increase in x. Therefore the slope is y=(-2/3)x
Then figure out what you add to the end. The y intercept is (0,1), so add 1 to the end of y=(-2/3)x to move it up.
Your resulting eq is y=(-2/3)x+1
The first set of expressions bc 3x is equivalent to 3x and -7y is equivalent to -7y