Question

Oceanside bike rental shop charges seventeen dollars plus seven dollars an hour for renting a bike. Jason paid eighty dollars to rent a bike. How many hours did he have to pay to have the bike checked out?

Answer 1

Answer:This is a linear equation.

y = mx+b

y is the total cost.

The slope m is the rate: that's 9 dollars per hour.

x is the number of hours.

b is the initial value: that's 16 dollars.

y = 9x+16

The problem states that the cost was 79 dollars.

Substitute that for y and solve for x.

79 = 9x+16

63 = 9x

x = 7 hour

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

9

Step-by-step explanation:

80-17=63

63/7  = 9

7 times 9 = 63