Question

An online movie streaming plan charges an annual fee of $48 plus $2 per movie watched. Another plan has no annual dee but charges $4 per movie watched. For how many movies is the cost of the plans the same? *

write and solve

Answer 1

24 movies

Explanation:

48 is a constant. 2 and 4 are variables. So we write 48+2x=4x to show they are equal after some amount of movies. Isolate to get 4x-2x=48. Simplify to get 2x=48. Divide each side by 2 to get x=24. The answer is 24.

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