Ashley had already blown up 12 balloons for the party when Andy took over and started blowing them up at a rate of 2 every five minutes. When Andy stopped, there were 50 balloons. For how many minutes did Andy blow up balloons? Let's answer step by step:
Andy blew up 50 balloons – the 12 balloons Ashley blew up = 38 balloons. We know how long it took Andy to blow up 2 balloons, so 38 balloons / 2 = 19 time increments. We know the time increment is 5 minutes, so 19 x 5 minutes = 95 minutes. The answer: 95.