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Jack is a renting a boat to go fishing with his friends. One rental company charges a fee of $20 plus $13.50 an hour. A second rental company charges a fee of $6 plus $17 an hour.

a. Let x represent the number of hours the boat is rented and y represent the total cost of the rental. Write a system of equations to represent the problem situation.

b. Determine when the first rental company will be a better deal for Jack than the second rental company.

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Answer:

The first rental deal will be better after 4 hours

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