Amy used her first 2 tokens at Glimmer Arcade to play a game of Roll-and-Score. Then she played her favorite game, Balloon Bouncer, over and over until she ran out of tokens. Balloon Bouncer costs 3 tokens per game, and Amy started with a bucket of 35 game tokens. Which equation can Amy use to find how many games of Balloon Bouncer, g, she played? Choices: (A)2g + 3 = 35 (B)3g + 2 = 35 (C)3(g + 2) = 35 (D)2(g + 3) = 35 How many games of Balloon Bouncer did Amy play? ____ games

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Amy used her first 2 tokens at Glimmer Arcade to play a game of Roll-and-Score. Then she played her favorite game, Balloon Bouncer, over and over until she ran out of tokens. Balloon Bouncer costs 3 tokens per game, and Amy started with a bucket of 35 game tokens. Which equation can Amy use to find how many games of Balloon Bouncer, g, she played?   Choices: (A)2g + 3 = 35 (B)3g + 2 = 35 (C)3(g + 2) = 35 (D)2(g + 3) = 35  How many games of Balloon Bouncer did Amy play?   ____ games

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Calculate Initial Tokens:  Amy used 2 tokens initially for Roll-and-Score. She had 35 tokens total. So, tokens left for Balloon Bouncer = 35 - 2 = 33 tokens. Calculate Number of Games:  Each game of Balloon Bouncer costs 3 tokens. To find the number of games she played, we divide the tokens used for Balloon Bouncer by the cost per game. Number of games, g = 33 / 3 = 11 games. Substitute and Verify:  To check which equation fits, we substitute g = 11 into the choices. For choice (B) 3g + 2 = 35, substituting gives 3(11) + 2 = 35, which simplifies to 33 + 2 = 35, which is correct.

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