Stu wants to join a gym. fit-place charges a $135 startup fee and then $35 per month. the factory has no startup fee but charges $60 per month. create a table showing the total cost for the first 8 months. determine the month at which the total cost is the same.

Fit-Place charges a $135 startup fee and then $35 per month.

Means the cost here will be based on the equation : where x is the number of months.

The Factory has no startup fee but charges $60 per month. Here the equation will be , where x is the number of months.

Table ;

Months              1          2          3        4         5        6          7        8

Fit-Place          170      205     240     275     310     345    380   415

The Factory     60      120        180     240    300    360   420    480

The total cost will be same in:

=>

=>

x = 5.4 rounded to 5 months.

Now we can see that the total cost will be same in almost 5 months.

10000

step-by-step explanation: divide by 2,