Community gym charges a $50 membership fee and a $65 monthly fee. Workout gym charges a $180 membership fee a $55 monthly fee. After how many months will

the total amount of money paid to both gyms be the same? What will the amount be?

We can write an equation. If x is the number of months ...

50+65x=180+55x.

Subtract 55x on both sides and subtract 50 on both sides to get ...

10x=130

Divide by 10 on both sides to get ...

x=13

So 13 months.

For the amount, plug in 13 to either side of the equation to get an amount of 895 dollars