Question

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Jerry rents snowmobiles to tourists. He charges $135 for 4 hours and $202.50 for 6 hours. What is the hourly rate Jerry charges to rent a snowmobile?

Answer 1

You need to find dollars per hour. That's what hourly rate means.

Answer 2

Dollars per hour means dollars over hours. So put 135 over 4 and do the DIVISION

Answer 3

uh.. is it 33.75 per hour?

Answer 4

Yes. Good job.

Answer 5

(That's a lot isn't it?)

Answer 6

yep. thanks for helping me. would you also be willing to help me on two more problems like this? it's just a check.

Answer 7

yep

Answer 8

The power absorbed by a solar panel varies directly with its area. If an 8 square meter panel absorbs 8,160 watts of power, how much power does a 12 square meter solar panel absorb?

Answer 9

Power varies directly with area mean that power is equal to area times some other number called a constant and usually designated by k.

Answer 10

So from the first sentence we can write P = kA

Answer 11

what did you get?

Answer 12

12240

Answer 13

omg me too. one more problem?

Answer 14

ok

Answer 15

Mr. Malone used 40 pounds of insecticide to cover 1, 760 square feet of lawn and 60 pounds to cover an additional 2,640 square feet. How many pounds of insecticide would Mr. Malone need to cover his whole lawn of 4,480 square feet?

Answer 16

101.8

Answer 17

wait.. how did you get that? i got 4, 298.19....????

Answer 18

1760/40=44 square feet per pound
2640/60=44 square feet per pound
4480/x=44/1
44x=4480
4480/44=101.8

Answer 19

oh. thank you very much! i greatly apprecaite it. your help means a lot to me. thank you XD

Answer 20

yw