Juan bought two new tires for his bike. He also had the bike tuned up. The total bill was $65. How much did Juan spend on the 2 tires?
My daughter thinks just divide by 2 and they are 32.50
That's the entire question. It does tell you the cost of the tires.
So what's the answer?
2t = 65 - x
To find out how much Juan spent on the two tires, we need to subtract the cost of the bike tune-up from the total bill.
Let's assume the cost of the bike tune-up was X dollars. We can then calculate the cost of the two tires by subtracting X from the total bill. Based on the information given, we know that the total bill was $65.
Therefore, the equation becomes:
Total bill - Cost of tune-up = Cost of the two tires
$65 - X = Cost of the two tires
Since we don't know the exact cost of the tune-up, we can't directly calculate the cost of the two tires. However, we do know that it's not as simple as just dividing the total bill by 2, as that assumes the cost of the tune-up is zero.
If you have the cost of the bike tune-up, you can subtract that from $65 to find the cost of the two tires. Otherwise, you would need additional information to determine the exact cost of the tires.
You haven't posted enough information for anyone to know the cost of the tires.
Your daughter is wrong because it doesn't include the tune-up price.