The membership fee for joining a gardening association is $24 per year. A local botanical garden charges members of the gardening association
$3 for admission to the garden. Nonmembers of the association are charred $6.
After how many visits to the garden is the total cost for members, including the
the total cost for nonmembers?

Hi.

Let's call X number of visits.

so members pay for a year : membership 24 and reduce entrance at 3 dollars.

so you member pay : 3X+24

a non member pay entrance fee of 6 for each visit.

so 6X

Question : for how many visit would a membership will be more intresting than standar entrance ?

3X+24 = 6X

3X-6X = -24

-3X=-24

X= -24/-3

X =24/3

X= 8

Under 8 visit a year, it's cheaper non being a member.

at 8 entrance cost is the same for members and non member. After it better to choose membership as

9 entrances for member is : 3x9 +24 = 27+24= 51

non member : 9x6 = 54

And so on for each supplementary visits.