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At the movies, it costs $5.00 to rent each movie. If you do not return the rentals on
time, it costs you $3.00per movie rental per day. You recently rented movies from the
business and returned them 2 days late. The total cost of the rental including the late fees
was $33. Write an equation to show how many movies you rented. Solve the equation.
At the movies, it costs $5.00 to rent each movie. If you do not return the rentals on
time, it costs you $3.00per movie rental per day. You recently rented movies from the
business and returned them 2 days late. The total cost of the rental including the late fees
was $33. Write an equation to show how many movies you rented. Solve the equation.
Answers
$5 per movie, + $3 per each late day.
A movie that is 2 days late, then, is:
$ ( 5 + 3 + 3) = $ 11
Now that we know the cost per movie, we need to know how many movies were rented. Total cost was 33. Each movie was 11. Then,
33/11 = 3 movies rented.
A movie that is 2 days late, then, is:
$ ( 5 + 3 + 3) = $ 11
Now that we know the cost per movie, we need to know how many movies were rented. Total cost was 33. Each movie was 11. Then,
33/11 = 3 movies rented.