Gary had 30 tickets. He spent 8 tickets on cotton candy and each arcade game costs 3 tickets. What is the greatest number of arcade games gary can play? Identify the variable, write an inequality and solve please.

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Nancy rents a car. The rental charge is $29.50 plus $19 per day. If the total bill was $143.50, how many days did Nacy rent the car?

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The larger of two number is 4 less than twice the smaller number. the sum is 41. find the numbers

Me with this assignment ! i only partially understand, so explain. also it's a work sample. at the championship bike race, steve and paula were fighting for first place. steve was 175 feet ahead of paula and had only 300 feet left to go. he was very tired and was going only 9 feet per second. paula was desperate to catch up and was going 15 feet per second. who won the bike race and by how far did she/he win?