Question

One month Miguel rented 12 movies and 2 video games for a total of $41. The next month he rented 3 movies and 5 video games for a total of $35. Find the rental cost for each movie and each video game.

Answer 1

Explanation:

U should use the system of 2 equations.

Let x be the rental cost of a movie and let y be that of video games.

{12x + 2y= 41} eq1

{3x + 5y= 35}eq2 note: eq means equation

The answer is

X=2.5 Y=5.5

So, the rental cost for each movie is 2.5$

and for each video game is 5.5$