Question

Ice Dream charges $4 to rent ice

skates, plus $1.50 per hour to skate.
Skating Paradise charges $1 to rent
ice skates, plus $3 per hour to skate.
Part A
Write a system of equations to
represent the situation, using h for
number of hours and c for cost.
Part B
For how many hours is the cost for
both locations equivalent? What is
this cost?

Answer 1

Part A

Ice Dream: c(h) = 1.5h + 4

Skating Paradise: c(h) = 3h + 1

3h + 1 = 1.5h + 4

1.5h = 3

h = 2

Part B

2 Hours for the cost to be equivalent. The cost will be $7