a movie club charges a one time fee of $25 it allows members to purchase movies for $7 each another club does not charge a membership fee and sells movies $12 how many movies must a member purchase for the total cost of the two clubs to be equal

Club Members = $25 + $7 per movie(x)
No membership club = $12 per movie(x)
We need to know how many movies must each purchase to equal in costs.
Set up both equations to equal each other and solve for x=movies.
25 + 7x= 12x
25 + 7x -7x = 12x - 7x
25= 5x
25/5=5x/5
5=x it will take them both 5 movies each to have equal costs.