Question

Parking charges at Superior Parking Garage are $5.00 for each additional 30 minutes. If Margot has $12.50, what is the maximum amount of time she will be able to park her car at the garage?

Answer 1

Margot will be able to park for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Explanation:

At $5.00 per every 30 minutes, she can buy two 30-minute terms for $5 each, plus an additional 15 minutes for $2.50

`$12.50 -: $5 = 2.5` parking sessions of 30 minutes each

Check

`[   $5.00   ] + [   $5.00   ] + [   $2.50   ] = " " " "$12.50`
`[ 30 min] + [ 30 min ] + [ 15 min ] =` `1  "hour and " 15  "minutes"`