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One month Milan rented 6 movies and 5 video games for a total of $50. The next month he rented 2 movies and 3 video games for a total of $24. Find the rental cost for each movie and each video game.

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Given :

The cost of rent 6 movies and 5 video games is 50 dollar.

The cost of rent 2 movies and 3 video games is 24 dollar.

Explanation :

Let the rental cost of movies be denoted as M.

Let the rental cost of video games be denoted as V.

Then the equation formed from the given data is


\begin{gathered} 6M+5V=50\ldots\ldots\ldots\ldots\ldots\ldots\ldots1 \\ 2M+3V=24\ldots\ldots\ldots\ldots\ldots\ldots\ldots\ldots\ldots2 \end{gathered}

Solve the following equations by elimination method ,

Multiply by 3 in equation 2.


6M+9V=72\ldots\ldots\ldots\ldots\ldots\ldots\ldots\ldots\ldots..3

Now solve the equation 1 and 3 and find value of M and V.


\begin{gathered} (6M+5V-50)-(6M+9V-72)=0 \\ 5V-9V-50+72=0 \\ -4V=-22 \\ V=5.5 \end{gathered}

Now substitute the value of V in the equation 1 to find M.


\begin{gathered} 6M+5*5.5=50 \\ 6M=50-27.5 \\ M=(22.5)/(6) \\ M=3.75 \end{gathered}

Answer:

Hence the rental cost of each movie is 3.75 dollar and rental cost of each video games is 5.5 dollar.

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