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American Industries charges
$5 a day and $3.50 and hour
to rent a drill. Write and solve
an equation to show how
much it will cost you to rent a
drill for 6 hours.

User Jonathan Hult
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Answer:

Explanation:

so the equation will be: y = 5 + 3.50x. y is the total cost, and x is the number of hours. To solve for 6 hours, just plug 6 into the equation so: y = 5 + 3.50(6) = 26. So the answer is: it costs $26.00 to rent a drill for 6 hours.

User Sewit
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