A new fitness center opened up with 24 clients. Each week they are signing up an average of 5 new members. The business owner wr

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A new fitness center opened up with 24 clients. Each week they are signing up an average of 5 new members. The business owner wr

ote the explicit formula for this situation as being A(n) = 24 + (n - 1)(5). Is this correct for this situation? Justify your answer using complete sentences and proper grammar.

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zhannawk [14.2K] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-07T02:32:22+03:00

zhannawk [14.2K]4 years ago

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This A(n) = (24 members) + 5(members/week)(n-1) is correct, provided that we define the domain as [1, infinity). Thus, if n=1, A(1) = 24 + 5(0) = 24, which is correct.