Question 257586
lucia's rent is $100 less than three times her car payment. if the total of the bill is $800 how much does she pay for rent?
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Let her car payment be "x".
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Then rent is 3x-100
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Equation:
x + 3x-100 = 800
4x = 900
x = 225 (car payment)
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800-225 = 575 (rent payment)
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Cheers,
Stan H.