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 numbe

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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 numbe

r of hours that you need to canoe

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Basile [38] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-05T18:50:11+03:00

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.