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chris is on a vacation at a lake house for the weekend and decided to rent a canoe for the day. they charge $10 service free plus $38 per hour and he can spend at most $200 how many hours can he rent the canoe

User Justina
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$200 - the $10 fee leaves you with $190 to spend with $38 per hour

divide 190 by 38 to get 5

you can rent the canoe for 5 hrs

User DennisVA
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10 +38h < =200

subtract 10 from each side

38h < =190

divide by 38

h<=5

Answer: They can rent at most 5 hours

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