Question

parking in a student costs $3.00 for the first half hour and $1.75 for each hour thereafter. a partial hour is charged the same as a full hour. what is the longest time a student can park in this lot for $10.00

Answer 1

Your equation will be 3+1.75x. Set the equation equal to 10 and solve.

Answer 2

Let x= hours after the first hour.