Question

The bike rental company has determined that they will charge based on the nearest half hour. If Mikala rented the bike for 5.5 hours, how much would that cost

Answer 1

Explanation:

Figuring out based on $10.00 per hour rental fee.

you would take the number of full hours and multiply by the fee.

5 hours x $10 = $50

for the leftover .5 hours (which is half an hour) you would take the $10 hourly fee and divide it in half.

$10 ÷ 2 = $5 per half hour

$5 x 1 (half hour) = $5

Now add up the total for the 5 hours and the total for the half hour and that is your total cost.

Answer 2

The bike rental cost for 5.5 hours will be:

• $60.

Explanation:

When speaking of: "the nearest half hour," it refers to the mathematical contraption used when in decimal numbers there is 0.5 in addition to the integer, as there was regularly doubt as to where to round the number, then it came to be defined that the decimal number in those cases, it could be rounded to the nearest even integer, therefore, with the time of 5.5 hours, the closest even integer is 6, for which they will charge the value of six hours (at a value of $ 10 per hour is equal to $ 60) the same case as if he had used the bicycle for 6.5 hours, which would be rounded to 6 again since it is the closest integer pair, which means that Mikala was able to use the bicycle for 1 hours and pay the same price, thanks to company policies.