At Video Shack, movie rentals cost $3.99 each. The cost of renting three movies and one video game is $0.11 less than the cost of renting five video games. How much does renting a video game cost?

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Answered by luana | 2024-06-10

The cost of renting a video game is $3.02. This calculation was made by setting up an equation based on the given conditions about movie and video game rentals. By substituting the known value for the cost of movies, we isolated and solved for the cost of video games.
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Answered by luana | 2024-09-27