Question

Don's Canoe Company charges $12 to rent a canoe plus $5 per hour. Your total cost is $27. Write and solve an equation to find the number of hours that you rented the canoe.

A. 2^2 - 4
B. 2^3 - 3
C. 2^2 + 2
D. 2^3 - 2

Answer 1

12 + 5h = 27

5h = 15

h = 3 hours

Answer 2

To find the number of hours a canoe was rented for, given a total cost of $27, an equation is created and solved, yielding 3 hours as the duration of the rental.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student's question involves finding the number of hours a canoe was rented based on the total cost and the rates charged by Don's Canoe Company. We can write the equation as:

Total cost = (Rental rate per hour x Number of hours) + Base fee

Let's denote the number of hours as 'h'. Since the base fee is $12 and the rental rate per hour is $5, the equation representing the total cost ($27) can be written as:

27 = 5h + 12

To solve for 'h', we subtract 12 from both sides of the equation:

27 - 12 = 5h

15 = 5h

Now, divide both sides by 5 to find the number of hours:

h = 15 / 5

h = 3

Therefore, the canoe was rented for 3 hours.