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Michael plans to watch 3 movies each month. Write an equation to represent the total number of movies n that he will watch in m months. ​

Michael plans to watch 3 movies each month. Write an equation to represent the total-example-1
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n = 3m. Think of it this way: every month, this guy is watching 3 movies. So in 1 month, he's watched 3. In 2 months, he's watched 6. So the total number of movies that he's watched in months is 3 * however many months, which the problem is saying noting as 'm'

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