Asked by darren

Shane went bowling with his friends. The bowling alley charges $20 for an hour of group bowling plus a fee to rent each pair of shoes. Shane's group bowled for one hour, rented 4 pairs of shoes, and paid a total of $31.
Which equation can you use to find the fee, x, to rent each pair of shoes?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Let x = fee per pair. The equation is

20 + 4x = 31.

(So x = (31 − 20)/4 = 11/4 = $2.75.)