Question

Jon has to pay $8.00 admission for the skating rink and $1.25 per hour to rent rollerblades. How many hours can he skate for $20?

Answer 1

20-8=$12
then 12 divided by 1.25 equals 9.6.
9.6 hours is what he can stake

Answer 2

Answer:

9.6 hours.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x be number of hours.

We have been given that John pays  $1.25 per hour to rent roller blades. The cost of renting roller blades for x hours would be $1.25x$.

Since he admission fee is $8, so total cost of skating for x hours would be $1.25x+8$.

To find the number of hours that John can skate in $20, we will equate $1.25x+8$ by 20 as:

$1.25x+8=20$

$1.25x+8-8=20-8$

$1.25x=12$

$\frac{1.25x}{1.25}=\frac{12}{1.25}$

$x=9.6$

Therefore, John can skate for 9.6 hours.