Question

While your family is visiting deep creek lake you and your mother decide to go boating. The Rangers charge $6.50 per hour in addition to a $25.00 deposit to rent a canoe. If you wish to rent the canoe from 12:30 to 3:30 PM write and solve a linear equation to find the total cost to rent the canoe

Answer 1

Answer:

The Linear equation is $Total \ Cost = 25+6.5h$

The Total Cost to rent canoe is $44.5.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

deposit to rent a canoe = $25.00

Hourly charge for visiting deep creek lake = $6.50 per hour

we need to rent the canoe from 12:30 to 3:30 PM.

We need to find the total cost to rent the canoe.

Now Total number of hours (h) 12:30 to 3:30 PM = 3 hours

Hence Total Cost  will be equal to deposit to rent a canoe plus Hourly charge for visiting deep creek lake multiplied by number of hours to visit.

Hence framing in equation form we get;

Total Cost to rent canoe = $25+6.5\times h$

hence the Linear equation is $Total \ Cost = 25+6.5h$

Solving the equation we get;

Total Cost = $25+6.5\times3 =25 +19.5 = \ 44.5$

Hence the Total Cost to rent canoe is $44.5.