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oceanside bike shop charges an $11 fee to all customers plus $8 an hour for renting a bike. Joan paid $75 at the end of her bike rental. how many hours did Joan rent her bike?

User Maxoumime
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Answer:

8 hours

Explanation:

Subtract the initial fee from the total cost


75-11 = 64

Divide the hourly rate by the cost after the fee


(64)/(8) = 8

Joan rented the bike for 8 hours

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