Question

Renting bowling shoes costs $5. Bowling costs $4 per game. Which equation can be used to find y, the total cost of bowling, if x represents the number of games played.

y = 5x + 4
y = 5 + 4x
y = 5x + 4x
y = 5x - 4

Answer 1

the answer is y=5+4x

Explanation:

the indepedndennt variable is 5, since that is the cost of the shoes. you wont be needing a new pair of shoes for every game, therefore it stays constant. 4x represents the number of games times the cost. 4 being the cost per game, x being the amount of games