Amanda is a 15-year-old moving to Council Bluffs from Washington and wants to join the YMCA to meet people and stay active in sports. She plans to sign up for 2 months but isn't sure if she will use it often. The task is to research the cost for joining the Council Bluffs YMCA, determine the total cost for signing up for 2 months in October versus November, and create tables and graphs to compare the monthly costs over 6 months for each start date.

1. BackgroundInformation:
 Amanda, who justturned 15, is moving to the Council Bluffs area from
Washington and wants to get involved in some organizations to meet new
people. She is really interested sports and fitness, so shedecided to join the
YMCA. Since she’s never joined a gym, she isn’tquite sureif she’ll enjoy it or
use it very often, so she only plans on paying for 2 months.
Task:
1. Research the cost to join the Council Bluffs YMCA
2. Determine the total costof signing up for two months if she signs up today
o Write an a function rule using x to representmonths and y to
representtotal cost
3. Determine the total costif shewaited and signed up in November
o Why would it be beneficial to sign up in October and not November?
4. Create a table that includes the cost for each month from1 month to 6
months for October.
5. Create a table that includes the cost for each month from1 month to 6
months for November.
6. Using the table of values you created for October, create a graph that
represents the data.
7. Using the table of values you created for November, create a graph that
represents the data.