SOLUTION: Please help One month Tammy rented 3 movies and 5 video games for a total of $35. The next month she rented 12 movies and 2 video games for a total of $41. Find the rental cos

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One month Tammy rented 3 movies and 5 video games for a total of $35. The next month she rented 12 movies and 2 video games for a total of $41. Find the rental cost for each movie and each video game.

Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Multiply the first month's rentals by 4 so that the numbers of movies in both months are the same; then compare the two purchases to determine the cost of each video game.

Then use that cost of a video game in either purchase to determine the cost of a movie.

Algebraically....

Given:
(1)
(2)

(3) [(1), multiplied by 4]

(4) [the difference between (2) and (3)]









ANSWERS:
The cost of renting a movie is m = 2.5 = $2.50
The cost of renting a video game is v = 5.5 = $5.50


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