Question

To rent a certain meeting room, a college charges a reservation fee of $ 46 and an additional fee of $ 6.40 per hour. The chemistry club wants to spend at most $ 78.00 on renting the meeting room. What are the possible amounts of time for which they could rent the meeting room? Use t for the number of hours the meeting room is rented, and solve your inequality for t .

Answer 1

Up to 5 hours

Explanation:

Given:

• One off fee = $46
• Hourly rent = $6.4 / hr
• Amount limitation= $78

Equation to reflect the condition:

• 78 = 46 + 6.4t
• 6.4t = 78 - 46
• 6.4t = 32
• t = 32/6.4
• t = 5 hours max

So, the meeting room can be rented for up to 5 hours with $78