Question

The total cost for a bowling game includes the fee for the shoe rental plus a fee per game. The cost of each game increases the price by $4. After 3 games, the total cost with the shoe rental is $14.

A:Write an equation to represent the total cost y to rent shoes and bowl x number of games.
B: How much is the shoe rental?

Answer 1

Y= shoe rent (s) + cost of each game (B) times (x) number of games played total.

they played 3 games total 1st the cost of $4each game. ---> 4 times 3= $12

after those 3 games, the total cost was $12 without including the shoe rental.
--->total charged minus cost of all games=shoe rental cost
--->$14-$12=$2
shoe rental=$2