You plan on joining a gym. The joining fee is $30 and you must pay $12 a month fee. If you have $100, how many months can you use the gym? Write and solve an inequality to represent the solution. I need the process for this otherwise I won't get credit for it!!

Inequality: 30+12x < 100

x ≈ 5 months

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve, first create the inequality. In this problem, 30 dollars is the flat fee for joining the gym and thus a constant. Additionally, 12 is the monthly payment and thus the coefficient for a variable because it changes with the number of months. Finally, 100 is the most that can be spent (the max), so it should be on the other side of the inequality and the sign should be less than or equal to 100.

This makes the inequality: 30+12x < 100

To find the number of months solve the inequality for x.

So, the inequality equals x<5.8. However, the question asks for the number of full months. And, no more than 100 dollars can be spent. So, while you would normally round up. In this case, you must round down to 5 months.