In a game show, contestants gain or lose points by answering questions. Jacob began with 27 points, then he lost 53 points and gained 15 points. What was his final score?

Derek purchased a new gym membership. it costs him seven dollars a month plus two dollars for every time that he visits the gym. he wants to spend less than 25 dollars a month to visit the gym. write an inequality that models the situation using the variable v for the number of visits per month. also find the maximum number of visits he can make to the gym and still keep his cost below 25 dollars a month.