a.
Given that;
each social dance has a $5 door fee.
Then for x social dances a model for the cost C (in $) is;
[tex]C=5x[/tex]Cost equals the door fee per social dance multiplied by the number of social dance x.
b.
Given;
VIP membership at the studio costs $80.
So, the number of social dances required to save money to buy the VIP membership can be calculated by substituting C for $80 in the above model;
[tex]\begin{gathered} C=5x \\ 80=5x \\ x=\frac{80}{5} \\ x=16 \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore, the number of social dances required to save money to buy the VIP membership is 16;
[tex]x=16[/tex]