It cost 35 per hour to rent a boat at the lake you also need to pay a 25ft for safety equipment you have $200 for how long can you rent the boat
Mathematics · High School · Wed Jan 13 2021
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Given the statement:
It cost $35 per hour to rent a boat at the lake you also need to pay $25 for safety equipment you have $200.
Determine how long can you rent the boat.
Solution:
In order to determine how long you can rent the boat, we simply needed to equate the values in an equation.
25 + 35x = 200
x = number of hours.
To solve for the number of hours, we solve for x, the first step is to transpose 25 to the other side of the equation, hence it must be taken to note that in transposing a number, the sign changes.
25 + 35x = 200
35x = 200 - 25
35x = 175
Divide both sides by 35 to determine the number of hours.
35x/35 = 175/35
x = 5
Final answer:
5 hours