Question

You want to join the tennis team. You go to the sporting goods store with $100. If the tennis racket you want costs $80 and the tennis balls cost $4 per can, how many cans of tennis balls can you buy?

Answer 1

5 cans

Explanation:

Let x be the amount of cans of tennis balls you can find

Therefore:

`80+4x=100`

`4x=20`

`x=5`

Therefore, you can buy 5 cans of tennis balls