Question

For a ride on a rental scooter, Boris paid a $8 fee to start the scooter plus $6 cents per minute of the ride. The total bill for Boris's ride was $19.58 . For how many minutes did Boris ride the scooter?

Answer 1

193 minutes

Explanation:

We know

Boris paid an $8 fee to start the scooter plus 6 cents per minute of the ride.

Let y represent the total cost and x represent the number of minutes we have the equation

y = 0.06x + 8

Now, put $19.58 in for y and solve

19.58 = 0.06x + 8

11.58 = 0.06x

x = 193 minutes

So, Boris rides the scooter for 193 minutes.