Question

To rent a certain meeting room, a college charges a reservation fee of $34 and an additional fee of $5.40 per hour. The film club wants to spend less than $55.60 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

Let the time be t
34 + 5.4t < 55.6
5.4t < 55.6 - 34
5.4t < 21.6
t < 21.6÷ 5.4
t < 4

The club cannot rent the place for more than 4 hours.