i need help with this math

Question

Ben went bowling with his friends. The bowling alley charges $22 for an hour of group bowling plus a fee to rent each pair of shoes. Ben's group bowled for one hour, rented 5 pairs of shoes, and paid a total of $37. What is the fee to rent each pair of shoes?

Answer 1

We need to define the unknown variable in this question, which is the fee of one pair of shoes we will call it x.

Since there are 5 shoes, the total fee for the shoes will be 5x. Since the total spent on the bowling plus the 5 pair of shoes is $37, we can write:

37 = 22+ 5x

then we can solve for x. Subtracting both sides by 22 we get:

15 = 5x

x=3

dividing both sides by 5, we get x=3. So the fee for each pair of shoes is then $3.