Benny spent half of his allowance going to the movies. He washed the family car and earned 8 dollars. What is his weekly allowance if he ended with 16 dollars?
1/2x + 8 = 16
1/2x = 16 - 8
1/2x = 8
x = 8 * 2
x = 16 <== his weekly allowance
Answer:
$16.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x represent Benny's weekly allowance.
We have been given that Benny spent half of his allowance going to the movies. So money spent on movies would be @@MATH_TOKEN_0@@.
We are also told that he washed the family car and earned 8 dollars. So money after washing the car would be @@MATH_TOKEN_1@@.
Since Benny ended with 16 dollars, so we can equate @@MATH_TOKEN_2@@ to 16 to solve for x as:
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Therefore, Benny's weekly allowance is $16.