Question

You pay $22 to rent 6 video games. The store charges $4 for new games and $2 for older games. How many new games did

you rent?
How many new games

Answer 1

You had 5 new games and 1 old game.

Explanation:

From your statement, I got the 2 equations.

x be the number of new game and y be the number of old games.

4x + 2y = 22

x+y = 6

So, x = 6-y.

Putting that in the first equation:

4(6-y) + 2y = 22.

=>24–4y + 2y = 22

=>24–22 = 2y

=>y = 1

Now putting this in second equation, x + 1 = 6 and hence, x = 5.

You had 5 new games and 1 old game.