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Oceanside bike rental shop charge 15 dollars plus 8 dollars an hours for renting a bike. Jason paid 79 dollars to rent a bike. How many hours did pay to have the bike checked checked out?

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Greetings!

Answer:

8 hours

Explanation:

Firstly, the cost for renting the bike needs to be subtracted from the total amount:

79 - 15 = 64

Now this can be divided by 8 to find the hours:

64 ÷ 8 = 8

So he paid for 8 hours.


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