Algebraic Expression

Question

On Saturday, Paresh bowled 5 games at Bow1-a-Rama. He also paid $4 to rent shoes. If g represents the cost, in dollars, per game, write an expression to represent the total cost for Paresh to bowl at Bowl-a-Rama on Saturday? Show your work

Answer 1

g represents the cost in dollars per game, so the cost for Paresh to bowl 5 games is 5g

He also paid an additional $4 to rent shoes.

Let’s call the total cost in dollars C.

Then the equation would be C = 5g + 4