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rental fee of $20 plus 4.00 hour. the girls can only have 55 to spend, what is the maximum numbers of hours they can rent a bike

User Diem
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We have to take the initial fee of $20 off first, then the girls are left with $35. Divide 35 by 4 to get the number of hours. The whole calculation looks like this:

(55 - 20) / 4 = 8.75

Assuming they can only rent for full hours, your FINAL ANSWER is 8
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