Janice and Patricia each want to buy a new DVD player. They go to the Hot Electronics and find a DVD player for $75. Hot Electronics offers a different payment plan. Janice is going to pay $15 now, and then $7.50 per month. Patricia is going to pay $12.50 per month

How much will Janice and Patricia pay for each month?

Write expressions for the amounts that Janice and Patricia will have paid on the DVD player at the end of any month, m
12.50m Patricia
15m+7.50 Janice

To calculate the amount that Janice and Patricia will pay for each month, we can use the expressions given for their payment plans.

For Patricia, the expression is 12.50m, where m represents the number of months. This means that Patricia will pay 12.50 dollars for each month.

For Janice, the expression is 15m + 7.50, where m represents the number of months. This means that Janice will pay 15 dollars initially and an additional 7.50 dollars for each month.

So, at the end of any month, m, Patricia will have paid 12.50m dollars and Janice will have paid 15m + 7.50 dollars.