SOLUTION: At Al's Rent-a-Center, it costs $30 more per month to rent a leather couch than it does to rent a microfiber couch. Pauline rented a leather couch for 8 months and then exchanged i

Question 561152: At Al's Rent-a-Center, it costs $30 more per month to rent a leather couch than it does to rent a microfiber couch. Pauline rented a leather couch for 8 months and then exchanged it for a microfiber couch, which she rented for 12 months. She paid a total of $1620 to rent these couches. Solve this system of equations to find the monthly rental charge for each couch.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = charge / month for microfiber couch
Let = charge / month for leather couch
given:
(1)
(2)
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Substitute (1) into 2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
and
(1)
(1)
(1)
$69 / month for microfiber couch
$99 / month for leather couch
check:
(2)
(2)
(2)
OK
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