Question 167973: lucia's rent is $100 less than three times her car payment. If the total of the bills is $800, how much does she pay for rent? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! lucia's rent is $100 less than three times her car payment. If the total of the bills is $800, how much does she pay for rent?
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Let car payment be "x".
Then rent is "3x+100"
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EQUATION:
x + 3x+100 = 800
4x = 700
x = $175 (car payment)
3x+100 = 3*175+100 = $625 rent
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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