Question

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Write and solve an equation for each situation. Be sure to define your variable.

Herman rents a bike for a set fee of $5 and a rate of $3 an hour. Jan rents a bike for $17. How many hours did she rent a bike for?

Jayson has 97 tickets to give away. He gave 4 tickets to each student in his class and has one leftover.
How many students in his class?

Answer 1

4 ; 24

Explanation:

A.)

Fixed fee, x = $5

Hourly rate, y = $3

Total rent fee, t= $17

Number of rent hours :

$17 = $5 + $3y

17 - 5 = 3y

12 = 3y

y = 12/3

y = 4 hours

B.)

Total Number of tickets , t = 97

Tickets per student, r = 4

Tickets left = 1

Number of students in class:

(97 - 1) / 4

96 /4

= 24 students