Question

Oceanside Bike Rental Shop charges 17 dollars plus 6 dollars an hour for renting a bike. Mike paid 71 dollars to rent a bike. How many hours, , did he pay to have the bike checked out? Write an equation and solve for . Must show your work to receive full credit.

Answer 1

So. We know that Mike paid 71 dollars. We also know that NO MATTER WHAT. He has to pay 17 dollars. So 71-17 is 64. Now, all we need to do is divide 64 dollars, by 6 dollars, to give us the number of hours. 

64/6 = 10.6
So Mike had the bike for 10.6 (approxamently) hours.