Question

The country fair charges $8.50 to get in and $2 per ride. If you have $50.50 in your pocket, write an equation to find out how many rides you can go on.

Answer 1

(50.50-8.50)/2=x

There are many different ways to write this, but this was the first to come to mind, and easiest to understand.

Answer 2

50.50 - 8.50 = 42.00 divded by 2.00 = 21 rides