You are a member of your local movie theater’s club. Every time you see a movie at the theater, you earn 2 advantage points. When you earn 100 points, you get a free movie pass. Currently, you have 40 advantage points.
1. Write an equation to model the number of movies m you have to watch before you earn a free movie pass.
2. Solve the equation. Show your work.

Question

You are a member of your local movie theater’s club. Every time you see a movie at the theater, you earn 2 advantage points. When you earn 100 points, you get a free movie pass. Currently, you have 40 advantage points.
1.	Write an equation to model the number of movies m you have to watch before you earn a free movie pass.
2.	Solve the equation. Show your work.

anonymous · Answer

2m+40=100, if m is the number of movies you must watch before earning a free movie pass, or 100 points. 

Just solve for m to find the number of movies you still need to watch.