Question

Jay has lost his mother’s favorite necklace, so he will rent a metal detector to try to find it. A rental company charges a one time rental fee of $15 plus $2 per hour to rent a metal detector. Jay has only $35 to spend. What is the maximum amount of time he can rent the metal detector?

Answer 1

he can rent it for 10 hours

Explanation:

35 - 15 = 20

20 divided by 2 equals 10

Answer 2

10 hours

Explanation:

Say x is the number of hours he can rent the detector at most. Using it, we can set up this equation:

15 + 2x = 35

Subtract 15 from both sides

2x = 20

Divide by 2 on both sides

x = 10