An online movie rental store rented out 6,816 movies one month. This was 40% less than the number of movies it rented out the previous month. The following equation represents this situation, where x represents the number of movies the store rented out the previous month.

x − 0.4x = 6,816

How many movies did the store rent out in both months combined?

Question

An online movie rental store rented out 6,816 movies one month. This was 40% less than the number of movies it rented out the previous month. The following equation represents this situation, where x represents the number of movies the store rented out the previous month.

x − 0.4x = 6,816

How many movies did the store rent out in both months combined?

ddcamp · Answer

If x-0.4x = 6816, what is x equal to?

anonymous · Answer

x=11360 ? @DDCamp

ddcamp · Answer

Yes.
That is the sales made the previous month.
The total sales would be x + 6816.

anonymous · Answer

@DDCamp so the answer would be 18,176