Question

One month Chris rented 8 movies and 4 video games for a total of 49$.The next month he rented 3 movies and 2 video games for a total of 21$.Find the rental cost for each movie and each video game.

Answer 1

Given

One month Chris rented 8 movies and 4 video games for a total of 49$.The next month he rented 3 movies and 2 video games for a total of 21$. Find the rental cost for each movie and each video game.

Solution

Step 1

Let m represent the movies

And let v represent the video

Therefore,

`\begin{gathered} 8m+4v=\text{ \$49}\ldots Equation\text{ 1} \\ 3m+2v=\text{ \$ 21 }\ldots Equation\text{ 2} \end{gathered}`

Step 2