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Please help me with these two questions

Please help me with these two questions-example-1

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Hi! It will be a pleasure to help you finding the solution to this problem, so let's solve each part:

PART 1.

Finding the correct expression.

Correct answer:


\boxed{A. \ 1.50h+4}

From the problem, we know the following data of the problem:

  • Laval parked at the beach.
  • Laval paid a fixed price of $4 for a pass.
  • Laval paid $1.50 for each hour.

Our goal is to find the the expression for the total cost for parking at the beach for h hours. So:

Step 1: Since we have a fixed price, this value will appear in our expression:


4

Step 2: Since Laval paid $1.50 for each hour, this can be represented as the following expression:


1.50h

Finally, we can write total cost (C) as the sum of these two expressions:


C=1.50h+4

Finally, our correct option is A:


\boxed{1.50h+4}

PART 2.

Finding h.

Correct answer:

5 hours

Here we have to find how many hours Laval spent at the beach knowing that he paid a total amount of $11.50. From the previous part, we know that our expression is:


C=1.50h+4 \\ \\ For \ C=11.50 \\ \\ 11.50=1.50h+4 \\ \\ Subtracting \ 4 \ from \ both \ sides: \\ \\ 11.50-4=1.50h+4-4 \\ \\ 7.5=1.50h \\ \\ Dividing \ both \ sides \ by \ 1.50 \\ \\ h=(7.5)/(1.50)=5

Finally, he spent 5 hours at the beach

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