The employee's gross pay
$726.80
7 hours 00 minutes minus 46 minutes=6 hours 14 minutes or 7:00-00:46=6:14 am
Answer 6 hours
Reason
7x + 9.50 = 55
-9.50. -9.50 subtract from both sides
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7x = 45.50
Divide both sides by 7 to isolate x
X = 6.5
So he can rent for 6 hours (the .5 would be charged as a full hour per the problem)
It is 0.4166 (The 6 is repeating)