At an amusement park, each premium ride costs $12 and each gold star ride is $8. Stan spends $96 on tickets and he gets 3 more premium rides than gold star rides.

How much does he spend on gold star rides?

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At an amusement park, each premium ride costs $12 and each gold star ride is $8. Stan spends $96 on tickets and he gets 3 more premium rides than gold star rides. 

How much does he spend on gold star rides?

anonymous · Answer

$3
$8
$16
$24

anonymous · Answer

$16?

anonymous · Answer

I did it in my head just use a calculator isn't that hard

anonymous · Answer

it's 16, do guess and check.
16=2 gold rides
this means that he went on 5 premium rides.
5*12=70
Add the two.
16+70=96
Ta Da!