A bike shop rents mountain bikes for a $3.00 insurance charge plus $2.70 for each hour. For how many hours can a person rent a bike with $16.50 ? .. HELP PLEASEE

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anonymous · Answer

5 hours

imstuck · Answer

you need to have an equation set up using what you have, then you need to use the info about the 16.50 in order to find the number of hours.

imstuck · Answer

Your equation would be this:  16.5 = 3 + 2.7x, x being the number of hours you can have the bike if you have 16.50 to spend.  Solve for x.

anonymous · Answer

16.50-3(the original insurance charge)/2.70(cost per hour)= total hours a bike can be rented.

imstuck · Answer

@grray7 is correct with his answer.

anonymous · Answer

If working backwards to solve.