Question

To rent a certain meeting room, a college charges a reservation fee of

$
33

and an additional fee of
$
7.80

per hour. The history club wants to spend less than
$
103.20

on renting the meeting room.
What are the possible amounts of time for which they could rent the meeting room?
Use
t

for the number of hours the meeting room is rented, and solve your inequality for
t

.

Answer 1

The cost of the room can be stated as 33 + 7.80t

Since the club wants to spend less than $103.20, we use an inequality.

33 + 7.80t < 103.20

7.80t < 70.20

t < 9