Question

David rents DVDS from a company that changes a $7.00 monthly fee and $1.50 for each dvd rental. He ends up paying $20.50 for the month of june. The equation 1.5 x + 7 = 20.5 represents this situation. Solve this equation for x type the NUMER in the text box please help me!

Answer 1

1.5x + 7 = 20.5
First subtract 7 from both sides
1.5x = 13.5
Then divide both sides by 1.5
x = 9


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