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Emma rents a car from a company that rents cars by the hour. She has to pay an initial

fee of $95, and then they charge her $9 per hour. She has $300 available to spend on
car rental. What is the greatest number of hours for which she can rent the car? (The car
cannot be rented for part of an hour)

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Answer:

22 hours

Explanation:

if you take 300-95 you get 205 from there, you take 205 and divide by nine to see how much money Emma has to rent the car. you would get 22.7 repeating. therefore, she can rent a car for 22 hours.

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