When you join Sally's Video Club, there is no rental charge for the first 2 tapes. Each tape then costs $2 to rent, but you can borrow one tape free as a bonus after renting 10 tapes. How many tapes would you be able to rent for $50?
50/2 = 25
25 + 2 + 2 = ?
29 tapes
Right.
To determine how many tapes you can rent for $50, we need to consider the pricing structure of Sally's Video Club. Let's break it down step by step:
1. There is no rental charge for the first 2 tapes. This means you can rent 2 tapes without spending any money.
2. After the first 2 free rentals, each additional tape costs $2 to rent. This implies that for each tape, you need to spend $2.
3. Additionally, after renting 10 tapes, you get a bonus of 1 free tape. This means that after every 10 tapes rented, you receive 1 extra tape without any cost.
Now let's calculate the number of tapes you can rent for $50:
a) First, subtract the cost of the initial two free rentals from $50:
$50 - $0 (no charge for the first 2 tapes) = $50
b) Next, determine the number of full-priced tapes that can be rented for the remaining $50. Since each tape costs $2, divide the remaining money by $2:
$50 / $2 = 25
c) However, we also need to consider the bonus free tapes. For every 10 tapes, you receive 1 free tape. Divide the total number of full-priced tapes by 10 to determine the number of bonus free tapes:
25 tapes / 10 = 2 (full sets of 10 tapes)
d) Finally, add the bonus free tapes to the total number of full-priced tapes:
25 tapes + 2 bonus tapes = 27 tapes
Therefore, with $50, you would be able to rent 27 tapes from Sally's Video Club.