A chess club has 500 members but is losing 30 members each year. A computer club has 150 members and is gaining 20 members per year. Write and solve an equation to find the number of years it will take for the two clubs to have the same number of members.

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Answer 1

Answer:

Answer:

7 years

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: A chess club has 500 members but is losing 30 members each year. A computer club has 150 members and is gaining 20 members per year

To Find: Write and solve an equation to find the number of years it will take for the two clubs to have the same number of members

Solution:

Total members in chess club= 500

chess club loosing members each year = 30

Number of members in chess club in year $\text{x}$

$500-30\text{x}$

Total members in Computer club= 150

chess club gaining members each year = 20

Number of members in chess club in year $\text{x}$

$150+20\text{x}$

Now,

When chess club and computer club have equal number of members

$500-30\text{x}$ = $150+20\text{x}$

$500-150=30\text{x}+20\text{x}$

$350=50\text{x}$

$\text{x}=7$

So,

It will take 7 years for two clubs to have the same number of members.

Answer 2

Answer: Well for this a t-chart type of graph would help but here's how you can do it:

key: ChC = chess club
CmC = computer club

ChC = 500 members ChC = losing 30/yr
CmC = 150 members CmC = gaining 20/yr

year 1 : ChC CmC
members: 470 / 170

or.... you can scrap that, here's the simpler version :
500 - 30x = 150 +20x

solution: x = 7

Hope this helps!

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Answer:

n=10

Step-by-step explanation:

-2=-(n-8)

-n+8=-2

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Need help what’s the correct answer for this question?

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

A scale factor of 4/5 means that each side length or distance is multiplied by 4/5. 10*4/5=8. Hope this helps!

What is 46/12 as a mixed fraction in simplest form

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What is 1 whole 1/4 subtract to
1/3

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1 whole and 1/4 substracted to 1/3 can be written as:

1 1/4 - 1/3 =
= 5/4 - 1/3

We have to find a common denominator which is 12:

5/4 = 15/12
1/3 = 4/12

So now we just substract numerators:

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Which fraction is equivalent to 3/5?

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6/10
9/15
and so on with the factors of 3 and 5.
These numbers simplified is 3/5

To find an equivalent fraction to 3/5 we can multiply the numerator and the denominator by any same number. lets do it with 2:-

$(3)/(5)$

$(3*3)/(5*3)= (9)/(15)$

So, a fraction equilateral tt 3/5 is 9/15.

Hope I helped ya!! xD

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