Mr. Taylor hired Michael to make balloon animals for the children who visited a carnival. Michael was paid a base fee of $100.00 plus a fee of $1.50 per balloon animal made. If Michael was paid $295.00, how many balloon animals did Michael make?
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Let x be the number of balloon animals Michael made.
The total fee for the balloon animals is 1.5x dollars.
The total amount Michael was paid is 1.5x + 100 dollars.
We know that 1.5x + 100 = 295.
Subtracting 100 from both sides, we get 1.5x = 195.
Dividing both sides by 1.5, we get x = 130.
Michael made 130 balloon animals. Answer: \boxed{130}.