A video store charges a monthly membership fee of $7.50, but the charge to rent each movie is only $1.00 per movie. Another store has no membership fee, but it costs $2.50 to rent each movie. The equation below represents this situation where m is the number of movies rented each month.
7.50 + 1.00m = 2.50m
Which of the following is the number of movies that need to be rented for the total fees to be the same from either store?
A.3 Movies
B.5 Movies
C.7 Movies
D.9 Movies

Question

A video store charges a monthly membership fee of $7.50, but the charge to rent each movie is only $1.00 per movie. Another store has no membership fee, but it costs $2.50 to rent each movie. The equation below represents this situation where m is the number of movies rented each month.
       7.50 + 1.00m = 2.50m
Which of the following is the number of movies that need to be rented for the total fees to be the same from either store?
A.3 Movies
B.5 Movies
C.7 Movies
D.9 Movies

anonymous · Answer

just plug in the numbers, and then solve. such as:
7.50+1.00(3)= 2.50(3)
7.50+3.00=7.50
11.50=7.50
does that make sense??

anonymous · Answer

No, i got confused. Did yu multiply by 3 ?

anonymous · Answer

yeah wherever the letter is, plug in one of hte numbers from the selection given...

anonymous · Answer

Do you get it now??

anonymous · Answer

Yes I did Is B = 5

anonymous · Answer

yup. that looks right..