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To rent a certain meeting room, a college charges a reservation fee of 39 and an additional fee of 5.90 per hour. The film club wants to spend less than 74.40 on renting the meeting room. What are the possible amounts of time for which they could rent the meeting room? Use t for the number of hours the meeting room is rented, and solve your inequality for t.

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Answer:

The answer is 6 hours

Explanation:

The inequality

39 + 5.90 *t < 74.40 - 39

5.90 *t <35.4

t< 35.4/5.9

= 6 hours

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