Answer to Question #132171 in Financial Math for Siphokazi

Question

Two brothers, Andile and Beki, want to join a gym for one year. Andile decides to join Gym Aerolux and Beki decides to join Gym Bodyworx. The monthly fee for Aerolux is R125 with no registration fee and the monthly fee for Bodyworx is R100 with R250 registration fee.

a) Decide which one of the following two aspects of the situation will be the input value (the independent variable

Answer 1

The monthly fee for Gym Aerolux is independent as Andile is not required to pay registration fee while for Gym Bodyworx the monthly fee is dependent on Beki paying the registration fee; this makes the monthly fee dependent on the registration fee.

So the monthly fee for Gym Aerolux and the registration fee for Gym Bodyworx are the input values.