Question

Renting a roller rink for your birthday costs $250 plus $8 per person. The total charge for your party was $410. Translate this information into an equation using a to represent the number of guests at your party.

Answer 1

8x + 250 = 410 (20 people is x)

Explanation:

okay so lets put this in a way that is easy to understand

8x (because it cost $8 per person)

8x +250 = 410

(250 is the price to rent the roller rink but not the total and the total is 40)

first you subtract 250 from both sides like this: 8x + 250 - 250 = 410 - 250

you should get 8x = 160

now you dived 160 by 8 it should look like this 8x/8 = 160/8

once you divide that you should get x = 20

to check it do 8 * 20 + 250

8 * 20 = 160 + 250 = 410

so your answer is 20 people