Michelle rents a movie for a flat fee of $1.50 plus an additional $1.25 for each night she keeps the movie. If Michelle returned the movie and paid $4.00, how many nights did she keep the movie?

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anonymous · Answer

$$1.50+1.25n=4.00$$ where $n$ is the number of night she rented the movie

anonymous · Answer

$4.00-$1.50= how much she paid in late fees, divide that b $1.25 for how many days late she kept it

anonymous · Answer

subtract $1.50$ from both sides, get 
$$1.25n=2.5$$ so $n=2$

anonymous · Answer

i don't get word problems lol

anonymous · Answer

me neither
they are trying real hard to make these seem "relevant"

anonymous · Answer

everytime i do work with word problems half the questions end up on here