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) 2(g+3)=35(D) 3(g+2)=35How many games of Balloon Bouncer did Amy play?____ games
Q. 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) 2(g+3)=35(D) 3(g+2)=35How many games of Balloon Bouncer did Amy play?____ games
Identify Starting Tokens: Identify the total number of tokens Amy started with and the number of tokens she used for the first game.Amy started with 35 tokens and used 2 tokens for the first game of Roll-and-Score.
Calculate Remaining Tokens: Calculate the remaining tokens after playing Roll-and-Score. Amy had 35 tokens and used 2, so she had 35−2=33 tokens left for Balloon Bouncer.
Cost per Balloon Bouncer Game: Identify the cost per game of Balloon Bouncer.Balloon Bouncer costs 3 tokens per game.
Equation for Balloon Bouncer Games: Write an equation to represent the number of games of Balloon Bouncer, g, Amy could play with the remaining tokens.The cost per game is 3 tokens, and she has 33 tokens left, so the equation is 3g=33.
Solve for Number of Games: Solve the equation for g to find out how many games of Balloon Bouncer Amy played. Divide both sides of the equation by 3 to get g=333, which simplifies to g=11.
Verify Equation Choice: Verify the equation choice from the given options.The correct equation that represents the situation is 3g+2=35, which is option (B). This is because Amy used 2 tokens first and then 3 tokens for each game of Balloon Bouncer.
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