To solve the situation described, we need to account for the membership fee and the cost per hour of using the court. The total cost consists of the $50 membership fee and the $15 per hour charge for playing tennis.
The equation to represent this situation is:
Where:
is the membership fee, is the total cost for hours of court use, is the total amount of money you have to spend.
This equation correctly reflects the relationship and can be used to solve for
50 + 15h = 100