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

Answer 1

so you can use formula as follows:

Flat rate = 2
each night is 0.50 = 0.50n
she paid : 5.00

so you have 5 = 0.50n + 2 find value of "n"

Answer 2

5.00 - 2.00 = 3.00
3.00/ .50 = 6 nights