Question

A carnival charges $5 to enter and $2 per ride. If you have $23 to spend, how many rides can you go on?

I need the equation and answer

Answer 1

x=9

Explanation:

The equation that can be used to solve for how many rides you can go on is 2x=23-5 where x is equal to the amount of rides you can go on.

23-5= 18 which means 2x=18

Then we devide 2 on both sides to get x by itself to get x=9