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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Answer 1 · 2016-12-12T14:05:45

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.