Question

While your family is visiting deep creek lake you and your mother decide to go boating. The Rangers charge $6.50 per hour in addition to a $25.00 deposit to rent a canoe. If you wish to rent the canoe from 12:30 to 3:30 PM write and solve a linear equation to find the total cost to rent the canoe

Answer 1

The Linear equation is
`Total \ Cost = 25+6.5h`

The Total Cost to rent canoe is $44.5.

Explanation:

Given:

deposit to rent a canoe = $25.00

Hourly charge for visiting deep creek lake = $6.50 per hour

we need to rent the canoe from 12:30 to 3:30 PM.

We need to find the total cost to rent the canoe.

Now Total number of hours (h) 12:30 to 3:30 PM = 3 hours

Hence Total Cost will be equal to deposit to rent a canoe plus Hourly charge for visiting deep creek lake multiplied by number of hours to visit.

Hence framing in equation form we get;

Total Cost to rent canoe =
`25+6.5* h`

hence the Linear equation is
`Total \ Cost = 25+6.5h`

Solving the equation we get;

Total Cost =
`25+6.5*3 =25 +19.5 = \$44.5`

Hence the Total Cost to rent canoe is $44.5.