Question

You sell used CDs at a local flea market. It costs $15 to rent a booth for the day. You spend $8 on lunch, and you make $140 selling CDs. If you have $162.50 at the end of the day, how much money did you have at the start of the day?

Answer 1

Name it!

S = Money at the Start of he Day

Answer 2

so....?

Answer 3

So.... Start translating and thinking about the problem statement.

Start with S. Then what happens?