Final answer:
To determine if the unlimited bowling offer is more cost-effective than paying per game, divide the flat fee for unlimited bowling ($16.00) by the cost per game ($3.75), which gives you about 4.27. Since you can't play a fraction of a game, you would need to bowl 5 games for the unlimited option to become the cheaper choice.
Step-by-step explanation:
To find out how many games you would need to bowl for the unlimited bowling to be less expensive than paying per game, we need to compare the cost of unlimited bowling with the cost of paying for each game.
If unlimited bowling costs $16.00 and each game costs $3.75, then we can set up an inequality to find out after how many games the unlimited option becomes cheaper:
- Cost for Unlimited Bowling: $16.00 (flat fee)
- Cost per Game: $3.75
We want to find out the number of games where the total cost of the games equals $16.00:
Number of Games x $3.75 = $16.00
To find the number of games, we divide $16.00 by $3.75:
Number of Games = $16.00 / $3.75
Number of Games = 4.2666...
Since you cannot play a fraction of a game, we need to round up to the next whole number, which is 5 games.
Therefore, you would need to bowl 5 games for the unlimited option to be more cost-effective than paying for each game separately.