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Mings bikes rents bikes for $15 plus $7 per hour. Mofer paid $29 to rent a bike. For how many hours did he rent the bike

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First subtract 15 from 29.

29 - 15 = 14

Now divide 14 by 7, the amount of dollars per hour.

14 ÷ 7 = 2

Mofer rented the bike for 2 hours, resulting in him paying $15 for the rent, and an additional $14 for the two hours, totalling in $29.

User Niki Romagnoli
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We can write an equation to resemble the question (h = the number of hours Mofer rents the bike).

15 + 7h = 29

~Subtract 15 to both sides

15 - 15 + 7h = 29 - 15

~Simplify

7h = 14

~Divide 7 to both sides

7h/7 = 14/7

~Simplify

h = 2

Therefore, Mofer rented the bike for 2 hours.

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