You and your friend rent a kayak. It costs $40 for the fi rst 4 hours and $7.50 for each extra hour. Your total cost is $62.50. Write and solve an equation to fi nd the number of extra hours you rented the kayak.
Mathematics · Middle School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Given:
Cost of first 4 hours = $40
Total cost = $62.50
Cost of extra hours (per hour) = $7.50
Thus, Total cost of extra hours = $62.50 -$40
=$22.50
Number of hours = $22.50/$7.50
= 3 hours
Thus, number of extra hours is 3 hours