Question

Wylie is renting a bicycle from a local shop that charges $5 to rent a helmet, plus an hourly rate of $8.50 for the bike. For how long can Wylie rent a bicycle if he pays a total of $47.50? Enter your answer in the box.

hours

Answer 1

Wylie can rent a bike for 5 hours.

Explanation:

Since Wylie is renting a bicycle from a local shop that charges $ 5 to rent a helmet, plus an hourly rate of $ 8.50 for the bike, to determine for how long can Wylie rent a bicycle if he pays a total of $ 47.50 the following calculation has to be done:

(47.50 - 5) / 8.50 = X

42.50 / 8.50 = X

5 = X

Therefore, Wylie can rent a bike for 5 hours.