Question

It costs 2.50 to rent bowling shoes.each game costs 2.25.you have 9.25 write an equation that could be used to find out how many games you can bowl and solve.let b stand for the number of games bowled

Answer 1

@AravindG

Answer 2

@AravindG

Answer 3

If it cost's $2.25 per game, and you bowl b games, how much have you spent on the games?

Answer 4

I need a. Equation first

Answer 5

No, you need to come up with the equation.

Answer 6

If you bowled 2 games, how much would that cost?

Answer 7

25.00 because 2.25 times two

Answer 8

Am I right or no

Answer 9

Your reason is right, but it would be $4.50

Answer 10

So, if you were to bowl b games, you would spend $2.25*b on the games.

Answer 11

So that the equation

Answer 12

Well, that's how much is spent on the games. You only need to rent shoes once. How much is spent on shoe rental?

Answer 13

It cost 2.50

Answer 14

OK.
Adding those together, we have:

Total Cost = 2.25*b + 2.5

Answer 15

If he has $9.25, we plug in $9.25 for the total cost, and solve for b:

9.25 = 2.25*b + 2.50

Answer 16

So I'm supposed to use the 2.50 in the equation

Answer 17

Does b equals 1.947

Answer 18

No.