Question

A rental company charges $15 plus $4 per hour to rent a bicycle. Margie wants to spend no more than $27 for her rental. Write an inequality that can be used to determine how many hours, x, margie can rent the bicycle and spend no more than $27.

Answer 1

x ≤ 3

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For Margie, the total cost should be no more than $27. So, we can write the inequality as:

$15 + $4x ≤ $27

Simplifying the inequality:

$4x ≤ $27 - $15

$4x ≤ $12

To find the value of x, divide both sides of the inequality by 4:

x ≤ 12 / 4

x ≤ 3