SOLUTION: Aiden earns $37 mowing lawns. At his favorite store it costs $6.50 to rent a newly-released video game and $4 to rent movies write an equation that gives the amount of money Aid

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Question 1011304: Aiden earns $37 mowing lawns. At his favorite store it costs $6.50 to rent a newly-released video game and $4 to rent movies
write an equation that gives the amount of money Aiden has left, b, after renting 1 video game and m movies?
How many movies can Aiden rent if he rents no video games?
How many video games can he rent if he rents no movies?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, amalm06:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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He rents 1 video game and m movies
+37+=+1%2A6.5+%2B+m%2A4+
+4m+%2B+6.5+=+37+
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If he rents no video games:
+4m+%2B+0%2A6%2C5+=+37+
+4m+=+37+
+m+=+9.25+
He can only rent 9 movies because
he can't rent part of a movie
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Let +k+ = number of video games he
can rent if he rent no movies
+4%2A0+%2B+6.5k+=+37+
+k+=+37%2F6.5+
+k+=+5.69+
He can rent 5 video games

Answer by amalm06(224) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x represent games and y represent movies.

Then the total cost is given by 6.50x+4y

Amount left after 1 video game and m movies: 37-6.50-4m=30.50-4m (Answer)

No video games: 37=4y so that y=9.25 movies. Round to 9 movies (Answer)

No movies: 37=6.50x so that x=5.69 games. Round to 6 games (Answer)