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A water park charges $5 for entry into the park and an additional $2 for each of the big water slides. Steven spent $17 on his visit to the water park. Which equation can be used to find the number of big water slides, x, that Steven went on?

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You didn't give any choices, but the equation looks like this: 17 = 2x + 5. Solving that for x tells you that he went on a big water slide 6 times. 2 times 6 plus 5 is the $17 he spent at the park. See how well that works out?
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