Question

For a ride on a rental scooter, Kareem paid a $3 fee to start the scooter plus 11 cents per minute of the ride.The total bill for Kareem ride was $22.69. For how many minutes did Kareem ride the scooter?

Answer 1

Given:

`\begin{gathered} Writing\text{ the equation in the form;} \\ y=mx+b \\ \\ where; \\ b=3 \\ m=11cent=0.11 \\ x\text{ is the number of minutes} \\ y=\text{ \$}22.69 \end{gathered}`

Hence,

`\begin{gathered} 22.69=0.11x+3 \\ 22.69-3=0.11x \\ 19.69=0.11x \\ (19.69)/(0.11)=x \\ x=179 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, Kareem used 179 minutes to ride the scooter.