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document.write( "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. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "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.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then use that cost of a video game in either purchase to determine the cost of a movie.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Algebraically....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Given:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1) <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3m%2B5v+=+35 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3m%2B5v+=+35\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12m%2B2v+=+41 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12m%2B2v+=+41\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3) <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12m%2B20v+=+140 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12m%2B20v+=+140\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  [(1), multiplied by 4]<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(4) <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18v+=+99 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18v+=+99\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  [the difference between (2) and (3)]<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=v+=+99%2F18+=+5.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"v+=+99%2F18+=+5.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3m%2B5v+=+35 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3m%2B5v+=+35\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3m%2B5%285.5%29+=+35 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3m%2B5%285.5%29+=+35\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3m%2B27.5+=+35 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3m%2B27.5+=+35\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3m+=+7.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3m+=+7.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m+=+2.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m+=+2.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWERS:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The cost of renting a movie is m = 2.5 = $2.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The cost of renting a video game is v = 5.5 = $5.50<br><BR>\n" );
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