Given:
Cost of paddle boat per hour is $6.95 (for first 3 hours)
After 3 hours the cost is $9.50.
That means the cost after 3 hours is increases by,
9.50-6.95=2.55
it implies that after 3 hours the cost is increases by $2.55 per hour.
The cost of paddle boat for 3 hours is,
To calculate cost for 4 hours ,
The alternative way to calculate cost of 4 hours is,
Answer: The cost for 4 hours is $30.35.