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Tony has 75 dollars to spend on a game controller that costs $35 and used video games

costing 8 dollars each. How many video games can he buy?

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Answer:

The answer is 5=x (he is able to buy 5 videogames)

Explanation:

First, you need to put this into an equation format with a variable (x) for the videogames. Here is what the equation should look like: 75 = 35 + 8x

75 being the total amount of money he has to spend, 35 being what he had to spend or knows he will spend on the controller, and the 8 is for each videogame. We put an 'x' behind the 8 to signal that we don't know how many games he can buy. So, then we need to solve the equation.

75=35+8x

-35 on both sides

So, 40=8x, then you divide by 8 to get x by itself

5=x

The 'x' in this equation is how many videogames he is able to buy. The way you could check your work is if you plugged 5 back into x. What I mean is this: 35+8(5) needs to equal 75, and it does, so you're good!

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Answer:5 I think

Explanation:

75-35=40 40 divided by 8 is 5

User Sigmalha
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