Question

Melissa wants to rent a boat and spend at most $38. The boat costs $6 per hour, and Melissa has a discount coupon for $4 off. What are the possible numbers of hours Melissa could rent the boat?Use t for the number of hours.Write your answer as an inequality solved for t.

Answer 1

`t\leq7`

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Melissa wants to rent a boat and spend at most $38

Cost of boat per hour = $6

Discount coupon off = $4

Let t represent the number of hours

We can go ahead and set up the below inequality;

`6t-4\leq38`

Let's add 4 to both sides of the inequality;

`\begin{gathered} 6t-4+4\leq38+4 \\ 6t\leq42 \end{gathered}`

Let's divide both sides by 6;

`\begin{gathered} (6t)/(6)\leq(42)/(6) \\ t\leq6 \end{gathered}`

So Melissa can rent the boat for up to 7 hours