Question

As a membership fee a health club charges a one-time amount of $40 in charges $25 for each month the total fee after M months is $240 what is the value of M

Answer 1

40 + 25M = 240
25M = 200
M = 8
8 months

Answer 2

The equation for this problem is x=25(m)+40

If the value of x=240, then the value of m=8.