Question

Maria rents a bicycle while on vacation. It costs a flat flee of 19.95 plus $5.50 an hour. Maria rents it for 3 1/2 hours. What is the total cost?

Answer 1

y = 5.5x + 19.95
y = 5.5(3.5) + 19.95
y = 19.25 + 19.95
y = 39.2

The total cost is $39.20

Answer 2

The answer is $36.45