Final answer:
The yearly cost for a student's movie rentals with a monthly subscription fee and a per-movie fee is expressed as $479.40 + $2.95x, where x is the number of movies rented.
Step-by-step explanation:
The yearly cost for x movie rentals from an on-demand movie company that charges a monthly fee and a per-movie fee can be represented by an algebraic expression. To find this expression, we need to account for both the monthly fee and the cost per movie.
The monthly fee is $39.95, so over one year, this fee would be 12 times $39.95.
For each movie rented, there is an additional charge of $2.95. If x movies are rented over a year, this cost is x times $2.95.
Combining these two costs gives us the total yearly cost:
Yearly Cost = (12 \(\times\) $39.95) + ($2.95 \(\times\) x)
This can be simplified to:
Yearly Cost = $479.40 + $2.95x