Three friends share the cost of a renting game system. Each person also rents one game for $8.50. If each person pays $13.25, what is the cost of the renting system?
Game system cost = $X,
x/3 + 8.50 = 13.25,
x/3 = 4.75,
X = $14.25.
So each person's share of the renting system = 13.25 - 8.50 = 4.75
each of the three paid that, so the renting system cost $4.75 * 3 = ...
Let's denote the cost of renting the game system as 'x'.
Since each person pays $13.25, and each person also rents a game for $8.50, we can set up the following equation:
3 * $13.25 = $8.50 + $8.50 + x
Simplifying the left side of the equation:
39.75 = 17 + x
Now, we can isolate the variable 'x' by subtracting 17 from both sides of the equation:
39.75 - 17 = x
Simplifying:
22.75 = x
Therefore, the cost of renting the game system is $22.75.
To solve this problem, we need to understand the total cost for each friend.
Given that each person rents one game for $8.50 and pays $13.25 in total, we can calculate the cost of the renting system.
Let's assume the cost for renting the system is "x" dollars.
Since each friend pays $13.25 in total, their share for the game rent and the system rent combined is $13.25.
Hence, each friend's share for the system rent will be $13.25 - $8.50 (game rent cost) = $4.75.
Since three friends share the system rent equally, we can determine the total cost of the renting system by multiplying each friend's share by the number of friends:
Total cost of the renting system = $4.75 x 3 = $14.25.
Therefore, the cost of renting the game system is $14.25.