Question

A downtown parking lot charges $4.00 per hour for the first two hours and $1.50 for each additional hour thereafter. Raul paid $12.50 for parking during a business meeting. Which equation describes h, the number of hours Raul paid for?

Answer 1

5 hours

Explanation:

2 first hours cost 4.00 which equals 8.00

Additional hours cost 1.50

So we know he already has to pay 8.00 for the first 2 hours

now you just subtract 8.00 from 12.50 which equals 4.50

If one hour is 1.50 Then 2 hours is 3.00 so we subtract 3.00 from 4.50 which equals 1.50 and 1.50 equalss another hour

y=4x+1.50