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Bike rental shop charges$17fix rate plus $9 an hour for renting bike.Jess paid $80.how many hours did she pay to have the bike checked out

User Gilad Gat
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My answer is 7 hours.

First I made an equation.
17 + 9h = how much you pay.
Now time to plug in.
17 + 9h = 80
Subtract 17 from both sides.
9h = 63
Now divide 9 by both sides.
h = 7.
So she spent 7 hours to rent the bike.
User Jvoll
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7 hours is how long...hope this helps...
User Spiri
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