Question

A rock gym charges $5 to rent equipment and $2 per hour to climb. Logan spent $9.50. How many hours did he spend climbing?

Answer 1

You can subtract 9.50 - 5 ($5 is a fixed charge), which equals $4.50. Then you divide 4.50 by 2, which equals $2.25 as your answer.

Answer 2

Answer:  Logan spent 2.25 hours climbing.

Step-by-step explanation:  Given that a  rock gym charges $5 to rent equipment and $2 per hour to climb. Logan spent $9.50.

We are to find the number of hours that Logan spent climbing.

Let x represents the number of hours that Logan spent climbing.

Then, according to the given information, we have

$5+2\times x=9.50\\\\\Rightarrow 2x=9.50-5\\\\\Rightarrow 2x=4.50\\\\\Rightarrow x=\dfrac{4.50}{2}\\\\\Rightarrow x=2.25.$

Thus, Logan spent 2.25 hours climbing.