A chess club has 500 members nut is losing 30 members each year. A computer club has 150 members and is gaining 20 members per y

ear. Write and solve an equation to find the number of years it will take for the two clubs to have the same number of members.

Mathematics

1 answer:

Fiesta28 [93]3 years ago

3 0

$500 - 30x = 150 + 20x$
$x = 7$

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