SOLUTION: Two of the most expensive movies ever made were Titanic and Water world. The cost to make Titanic exceeded the cost to make Water world by $25 million. The combined cost to make th

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Question 101406: Two of the most expensive movies ever made were Titanic and Water world. The cost to make Titanic exceeded the cost to make Water world by $25 million. The combined cost to make the two movies was $375 million. Find the cost of making each of these movies. Thanks im having trouble figuring this out.
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Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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let x=cost of making water world m=million
x+x+25m=375m
2x+25m=375m
2x=350m
x=$175,000,000 cost of making water world
x+25m=$200,000,000 cost of making titanic
Ed

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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The cost to make Titanic exceeded the cost to make Water world by $25 million. The combined cost to make the two movies was $375 million. Find the cost of making each of these movies.
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Let the Titanic cost be "x" million dollars:
Water World cost must be "x+25" million dollars:
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EQUATION:
x + x+25 = 375
2x = 350
x = 175 million dollars (cost of Titanic)
x+25 = 200 million dollars (cost of Water World)
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Stan H.