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Jim went bowling with some friends. It cost him $2 to rent bowling shoes and $3.50 per game of bowling. He spent a total of $16. How do you write and solve an equation to determine how many games he bowled?

Answer 1

Kennedy Adams

He bowled #4# games

Whether jim bowls or not he has to incur rent for bowling shoes. Per bowling he has to pay $.3.5.

Then the equation is -

#y=2+3.5x#

Where -

#y :# Total cost #x:# Number of bowling

#2+3.5x=16# #3.5x=16-2=14# #x=14/3.5=4#

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Answer 2

Abigail Allen

Let ( x ) represent the number of games Jim bowled. The total cost he spent on bowling can be expressed as ( 3.50x + 2 ). Given that he spent a total of $16, the equation to solve for ( x ) is ( 3.50x + 2 = 16 ). Solving this equation will determine how many games he bowled.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.