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Lena wants to rent a boat and spend at most $91. The boat costs $8 per hour, and Lena has a discount coupon for $5 off. What are the possible numbers of hours Lena could rent the boat? Use t for the number of hours. Write your answer as an inequality solved for t.

Pls help me Lena wants to rent a boat and spend at most $91. The boat costs $8 per-example-1
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Answer:

8t - 5 ≤ 91

8t ≤ 96

t ≤ 12

Christine can spend up to 12 hours in the boat.

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