Question

Blake's bowling alley offers a special. each game costs $2.50 and the shoe rental $2.00. you spend $14.50 total. how many games did you bowl.

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Answer 1

You played five games.

I started with 14.5.

The shoes cost 2 dollars, so I backed out 2 from 14.5, leaving me with 12.5.

I know that each game costs 2.5, so I divided 12.5 (full cost-shoes) by 2.5. Giving me the answer 5.