1. **State the problem:** Melissa rented 1 video game and 6 DVDs. The video game rental price is $3.40 and each DVD rental price is $4.80. We need to find the total amount Melissa spent. 2. **Write the formula:** Total cost = (Number of video games \times Price per video game) + (Number of DVDs \times Price per DVD) 3. **Substitute the values:** Total cost = (1 \times 3.40) + (6 \times 4.80) 4. **Calculate each part:** Video game cost = 1 \times 3.40 = 3.40 DVD cost = 6 \times 4.80 = 28.80 5. **Add the costs:** Total cost = 3.40 + 28.80 6. **Final calculation:** Total cost = 32.20 **Answer:** Melissa spent a total of $32.20 on rentals in the past month.