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At the local video rental store, Joe rents two movies and three games for a total of $15.50. At the same time, Meg rents three movies and one game for a total of $12.05. How much money is needed to rent amovie? How much money is needed to rent a game?

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Name x as the price of renting a movie and y the price of renting a game.

Then, based on the given information in the problem, you have:

2x + 3y = 15.50 to rent 2 movies and 3 games costs $15.50

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