Mark has been watching 16 movies per month for the past x months. max has been trying to keep up with his pace but has only been able to watch half as many as mark has. between the two of them they have watched a total of 144 movies. for how many months have they been watching these 144 movies?

Step-by-step explanation:

Givens

We can represent the number of movies Mark has been watching per month as

The representation for Max is

Now, we know that they watched 144 movies in months, so

Then, we solve for

Therefore, after 6 months, they watched 144 movies.

$650 per month plus utilities

step-by-step explanation:

just based on the info you gave, it would seem more cost effective to rent at $650 per month plus utilities.   if utilities are, in fact, $150 per month, your monthly living costs would be $800 as opposed to the other option of $825.