Question

For a ride on the rental scooter, Omar paid an $8 fee to start the scooter plus 6 cents per minute of the ride. The total bill for Omar’s ride was $19.34 for how many minutes did Omar ride the scooter?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation

Given that Omar paid an $8 fee to start the scooter plus 6 cents per minute of the ride. We can express this as

Let the number of minutes be x. Therefore, we will have

`(6)/(100)x=0.06x`

as the payment for riding the bicycle over x minutes.

Therefore, since the total bill for Omar’s ride was $19.34, we will have;

`0.06x+8=19.34`

Hence;

`\begin{gathered} 0.06x+8=19.34 \\ 0.06x=19.34-8 \\ 0.06x=11.34 \\ x=(11.34)/(0.06) \\ x=189 \end{gathered}`

Answer: 189 minutes