It's Lila's turn to host movie night, and she's picking movies to rent. Flick City Digital Movies is having a sale, so Lila rents 5 movies for a total of $24.75. Each movie costs the same amount.

Question

Let c represent the cost to rent a movie. Which equation models the problem?
Solve this equation to find the cost to rent a movie.
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Answer 1

To represent the situation mathematically, you can use the equation based on the total cost of renting movies. Since Lila rents 5 movies for a total of $24.75, the equation can be modeled as:

\[ 5c = 24.75 \]

where \( c \) is the cost to rent one movie.

Now, to find the cost per movie, you can solve the equation for \( c \):

1. Divide both sides of the equation by 5:

\[ c = \frac{24.75}{5} \]

2. Perform the division:

\[ c = 4.95 \]

Thus, the cost to rent one movie is $4.95.