Question

Members of the Wide Waters Club pay $105 per summer season, plus $9.50 each time they rent a boat. Nonmembers must pay $14.75 each time they rent a boat. How many times would a member and a non-member have to rent a boat in order to pay the same amount? 
Please explain how you do this problem. Thanks:)

Answer 1

Set up a problem: 105+9.50b=14.75b. Combine like terms: subtract 9.50b from both sides: 105=5.25b. Get unknown by itself: divide both sides by 5.25: 20=b. The answer is 20. They would have to rent a boat 20 times to pay the same amount. :)