costs $12.50 to see a movie at a

theater near Jason’s house. It costs
only $1.95 to rent a DVD from an online
service. A DVD player costs $125. To
the nearest whole number, how many
movies must Jason watch on DVD
instead of at the theater before he
recovers the cost of the DVD player?

I did this last Wednesday

http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1424295544

about 12 DVD's

To find out how many movies Jason must watch on DVD before he recovers the cost of the DVD player, we need to compare the cost of watching movies at the theater with the cost of watching movies on DVD.

The cost of watching a movie at the theater is $12.50, while the cost of renting a DVD is $1.95. We also know that the DVD player costs $125.

Let's calculate how many movies Jason must watch on DVD before he recovers the cost of the DVD player:

Cost of DVD player / Cost of renting a DVD = Number of movies

$125 / $1.95 = 64.1 (approx)

Since we cannot watch a fraction of a movie, we need to round up to the nearest whole number.

Therefore, Jason must watch at least 65 movies on DVD before he recovers the cost of the DVD player.