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Question

Jayla pays a flat fee each month for an online streaming service for TV and Movies. She can watch an unlimited amount of TV and most movies she watches are free, but she has to pay for 'premium' movies. She pays $4.25 for each premium movie she orders during the month. Last month, she ordered 6 premium movies and her total bill was $34.49.

This month, Jayla's total bill is $55.25. How many movies did she order this month? _______ movies ENTER ONLY a number as your answer.

Answer 1

Hello, Jaylyn,

The month in which her bill totalled $34.49, Jayla watched 6 premium movies for $4.25 each. 6x(4.25) = $25.50 for the movies. Since she paid $34.49 total, there must be a flat monthly charge of ($34.49 - 25.50) = $8.99.

Jayla's new total bill is $55.25. We must subtract the $8.99 charge to find out how much extra was paid for the premium movies.

$55.25 - $8.99 = $46.26, which we'll assume is for the premium movies. Divide that by the cost per movie to find the number of movies rented.

$46.36/4.25 = 10.88 movies.

10.88 is an odd number, so either I've done something wrong or the numbers are incorrect in the problem. We could round to 11 rentals, but I'm hoping there is another reason this doesn't add to a whole number.

Bob