SOLUTION: at white plains bowl the charge per game is $2.50 and it costs $2.00 for shoe rental. at homefield bowl the cost is $2.00 per game and the shoe rental is $4.00. they are wondering

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Question 378053: at white plains bowl the charge per game is $2.50 and it costs $2.00 for shoe rental. at homefield bowl the cost is $2.00 per game and the shoe rental is $4.00. they are wondering for how many games will the cost to bowl be the same at both places. use elimination to solve.
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the number of games played be x
White plain bowl
2+2.50x is the cost
Home field
4 + 2x
..
equate them to find the games
2+2.50x = 4+2x
-2x
2+2.50x-2x=4
-2
2.50x-2x=4-2
0.5x=2
/0.5
x=2/0.5
x= 4 games their costs are equal
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