Laura rents a movie for a flat fee of $2.00 plus an additional $0.50 for each night she keeps the movie. If Laura returned the movie and paid $5.00, how many nights did she keep the movie?

14

1.5

8

6

Question

Laura rents a movie for a flat fee of $2.00 plus an additional $0.50 for each night she keeps the movie. If Laura returned the movie and paid $5.00, how many nights did she keep the movie?

 14

 1.5

 8

 6

anonymous · Answer

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ivettef365 · Answer

so formula would be 2.00 + .50(n)  n for nights

ivettef365 · Answer

total paid 5 so you have

5 = 2 + 0.50(n)   solve for n

anonymous · Answer

6?

anonymous · Answer

It would be 6 nights. 6*.50 would be 3 dollars. and then 3+ the 2 dollar flat fee gets you 5 dollars

ivettef365 · Answer

correct