Question

For a two day rental at the surf shop it costs $45 to rent a surf board and $60 to rent a paddle board. On a certain weekend the surf shop rented 44 total surf boards and paddle boards and made $2265. How many paddle boards were rented?

Answer 1

Answer:

19 paddle boards were rented.

Step-by-step explanation:

The rent of a surf board is $45

And the rent of a paddle board is $60

Total of paddle board and surf board rented were 44

let the paddle board rented be x

Hence, surf board rented will be 44-x

According to question we are given that 44 both  boards were rented means

$45\cdot(44-x)+60\cdot x=2265$

$1980-45x+60x=2265$

On solving the above equation we will get:

$15x=285$

$x=19$

$\Rightarrow x=19$

Hence, 19 the paddle boards were rented.