Question

It costs $5 to get into the fair and then costs $3 for every ride I go on.

I spent a total of $26. Write an equation that could be used to show
the number rides, r, that I went on.

Answer 1

26 = 5 + (r×3)

26 - 5 = 21

21 ÷ 3 =

7

7 is the amount of rides you went on at the fair