A membership at Gym A costs $50 for 5 months. A membership at Gym B down the street costs $40 for 3 months. You write two equations in the form of y=kx to try and figure out which membership would be cheaper for a year. What is the value of k for the cheaper membership?(1 point)

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A membership at Gym A costs $50 for 5 months. A membership at Gym B down the street costs $40 for 3 months. You write two equations in the form of  y=kx  to try and figure out which membership would be cheaper for a year. What is the value of  k  for the cheaper membership?(1 point)

GPT 3.5 · Answer

For Gym A:
The cost is $50 for 5 months, so the equation is y = kx where k = 50/5 = 10.

For Gym B:
The cost is $40 for 3 months, so the equation is y = kx where k = 40/3 = 13.33 (rounded to 2 decimal places).

Since the goal is to find the cheaper membership, we need to find the smaller value of k.
Therefore, the value of k for the cheaper membership is 10.