Question

John belongs to a boating club that rents sailboats for $60 for the first hour and $20 for each additional hour. After renting a boat one day, he owed the boating club a fee of $140.

Write and solve an equation to find how many hours he kept the boat.

Answer 1

Answer: 140=60+20x. He kept the boat for 4 hours

Explanation:

x=hours

y=final cost and the final cost is $140

to find x you would use the equation: 140=60+20x

you would first subtract 60 from both sides and you would get:

80=20x

Now you would divide 20 from both sides

So x is 4

Answer 2

4 Hours

Explanation:

The original boating fee is $60 then you add $20 per hour so 20 x 4 = 80

80+60=140 $140