SOLUTION: One month Teresa rented 2 movies and 6 video games for a total of $40. The next month she rented 5 movies and 3 video games for a total of $25. Find the total cost for each movie a

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Question 1188964: One month Teresa rented 2 movies and 6 video games for a total of $40. The next month she rented 5 movies and 3 video games for a total of $25. Find the total cost for each movie and each video game.
Rental cost for each movie:
Rental cost for each video game:

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
movie price, m
video game price, v



simplifying the first equation,

Easily enough to eliminate v to quickly find m.
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