Surf's Up charges $22 per hour to rent a surfboard and $8 per hour to rent a wetsuit. Marty and Cheryl paid a total of $240 to rent a surfboard and a wetsuit each for a few hours one day. Cheryl rented the surfboard and wetsuit for 2 hours less than Marty. The following equation represents this situation, where x represents the number of hours Marty rented the surfboard and the wetsuit.

22x + 8x + 22(x − 2) + 8(x − 2) = 240

What is the total amount Marty paid to rent the surfboard and wetsuit that day?

$30

$90

$120

$150

Question

Surf's Up charges $22 per hour to rent a surfboard and $8 per hour to rent a wetsuit. Marty and Cheryl paid a total of $240 to rent a surfboard and a wetsuit each for a few hours one day. Cheryl rented the surfboard and wetsuit for 2 hours less than Marty. The following equation represents this situation, where x represents the number of hours Marty rented the surfboard and the wetsuit.

22x + 8x + 22(x − 2) + 8(x − 2) = 240

What is the total amount Marty paid to rent the surfboard and wetsuit that day?

 $30

 $90

 $120

 $150

johnweldon1993 · Answer

Well...you can solve the equation for 'x' since this is marty's time....and whatever value you get for 'x'...you multiply it by both 22 and 8

22 * "number"
8 * "number"

and add the 2 results