Jessie's Canoes rents canoes for $20 for the canoe plus $35 per hour. You do not want to spend more than $150. What is the maximum number of hours that you can afford to rent a canoe?

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Kennedy Adams · Accepted Answer

The maximum number of hours we could rent the canoe would be 4 hours.

First, let's write the formula for the cost of renting a canoe from Jessie: #C = 20 + 35h# where #C# is the total cost and #h# is the number of hours you rent the canoe. Because we don't want to spend "MORE" than $150 this will become an inequality. We need to solve: #20 + 35h <= 150# #20 - 20 + 35h <= 150 - 20# #0 + 35h <= 130# #35h < 150# #(35h)/35 <= 150/35# #h <= 4.3# The maximum number of hours we could rent the canoe would be 4 hours.

Abigail Allen · Answer

undefined To find the maximum number of hours you can afford to rent a canoe from Jessie's Canoes, set up an inequality representing the total cost not exceeding $150:

$20 + 35h \leq 150$

Where $h$ represents the number of hours rented.

Now, solve for $h$:

$35h \leq 150 - 20$

$35h \leq 130$

$h \leq \frac{130}{35}$

$h \leq 3.71$

Since you can't rent a fraction of an hour, the maximum number of hours you can afford to rent a canoe is 3 hours.