Question

you rent a canoe for 5$ per hour.Your cost before the tax is added is 12.50. write and solve an equation to find the total number of hours that you need to canoe

Answer 1

Answer: The equation is   5x = 12.50   and  you will have the canoe for 2 and half hours or 2 hours 30 minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

You rent the canoe for 5 dollars per hour and that can be represented by the expression  5x.  After sometime you paid $12.50 meaning that to find the number of hours that you need the canoe, we need to set 5x to equal 12.50.

5x  = 12.50    Solve for x  by divide both sides by 5.

x = 2.5

This means you will need the canoe for 2 and half hours.