Question

Renting movies from store A costs $3.50 per movie plus a monthly fee of $7.00. Renting a movie from store B costs $8.00 per movie with no monthly fee. The monthly cost to rent movies depends on the number of movies, m, rented. Write an inequality that represents the situation when the monthly cost at store A is less than the monthly cost at store B

A) 3.50m+7.00<8.00
B) 3.50m<8.00
C) 3.50m+7.00>8.00
D) 3.50m>8.00

Answer 1

The inequality that represents the situation when the monthly cost at store A is less than the monthly cost at store B is 3.50m + 7.00 < 8.00.

Step-by-step explanation:

To represent the situation when the monthly cost at store A is less than the monthly cost at store B, we need to compare the two costs. Let m represent the number of movies rented. The monthly cost at store A is given by the expression: 3.50m + 7.00. The monthly cost at store B is simply 8.00. To represent that the monthly cost at store A is less than the monthly cost at store B, we use the inequality 3.50m + 7.00 < 8.00. So the correct answer is option A: 3.50m + 7.00 < 8.00.