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To rent a certain meeting, a college charges a reservation fee of $13 and an additional fee of $4 per hour. The chemistry club wants to spend less than $45 on renting the room. What are the possible numbers of hours the chemistry club could rent the meeting room?

Use t for the number of hours
Write your number as an inequality solved for t.

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User Scott Bruns
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Answer:

t < 8

Explanation:

The total fee for t hours is ...

13 +4t

The Chemistry Club wants this t be less than $45, so the restriction on t is ...

13 +4t < 45

4t < 32

t < 8

The Chemistry Club could rent the room for less than 8 hours.

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