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's assume that Michael made x balloon animals.
The fee per balloon animal is $1.50, so the total fee for balloon animals made would be 1.5x.
Adding the base fee of $100, the total payment Michael received is $100 + $1.5x = $295.
Subtracting $100 from both sides of the equation, we get $1.5x = $295 - $100 = $195.
Dividing both sides of the equation by $1.5, we get x = $195 / $1.5 = 130.
Therefore, Michael made 130 balloon animals. Answer: \boxed{130}.