Question

Members of the wide city waters club pay $105 per summer season, plus $9.50 each time they rent a boat. Nonmembers must pay $14.75 each to each time they rent a boat. How many times would a member and a nonmember have to rent a boat in order to pay the same amount?

Answer 1

Set the equations equal to each other and solve for x (x being the number of boats)
105+9.50x=14.75x

Subtract the 9.50x from both sides
105=5.25x

Divide by 5.25
20=x

So a member and a nonmember have to rent a boat 20 times in order to pay the same amount of money