Question

A.)Brooke belongs to a fitness club . at the end of each month , she pays a flat monthly rate of $35.50 or she pays $8.25 for each time she visited the club that month ,whichever value is greater . how much did brooke pay at the end of march if she went to the club eight times that month?
B.)If brooke does not want to pay more than the $35.50 flat fee at the end of the month of april , how many times can she go to the fitness club that month?

Answer 1

A) She went to the club 8 times in march, and every time she visits, she has to pay $8.25. So you do $8.25 * 8, and you get $66, which is higher than the flat rate of $35.50, hence they will use that value as it is greater.

So the answer is $66.

B) If she doesn't want to pay more than the flat rate, she needs to go the club a certain number of times so it doesn't exceed $35.50. You can work out the nearest value by doing 35.50 divided by 8.25 to find out how many times she can go. This gives you 4.3 something, but you cant go 4.3 times, so the nearest value would be rounded down to make sure it's under $35.50, hence, she can go a maximum of 4 times.

She can go the club a maximum of 4 times in April.