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it costs luis $5 to park his car at a parking meter for 2 hours. what is the price to park for 1 hour? write and solve an equation for this situation.
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it costs luis $5 to park his car at a parking meter for 2 hours. what is the price to park for 1 hour? write and solve an equation for this situation.

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So I did 5/2 and I got 2.5
5 divided by 2 = 2.5
Not 100% sure if I'm right though
User Zgue
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The equation can be:
5=2x (x is the number of hours)
If you divide both sides by 2 you get x=5/2 or 2.5

So the answer is $2.50 per hour
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