Question

At Sam’s Warehouse, a member pays $25 a year for a membership, and then buys all products at the regular store prices. A non-member does not pay the membership fee, but does pay an additional 5% above the store prices. Write and solve a system of equations to represent this situation where is the store price and is the total amount paid.xy

Answer 1

Answer:

$y = 25 + x$ --- Members

$y = 1.05x$ --- Non-members

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

$x \to store\ price$

$y\to total\ amount$

Members

$Membership =\ 25$

Non-members

$Rate = 5\%$ increase

For the members, the equation is:

$y = Membership + Store\ price$

$y = 25 + x$

For non-members, the equation is:

$y = Store\ price * (1 + Rate)$

$y = x * (1 + 5\%)$

$y = x * (1.05)$

$y = 1.05x$