Question

Joe's boat rental rents paddle boats for $8.00 and hour and the paddles rent for $5.00 for the day. If David has $45, what is the least amount of hours he could rent the paddle boat?

Answer 1

Least: 1 hour

Maximum: 5 hours

Explanation:

Given

Boat hourly rate = $8.00

Paddle daily rate = $5.00

Required

Determine the least hour, David could use the boat

First, we need to represent this as an inequality.

Since David has $45, then

`\$8.00 * x + \$5.00 \leq \$45.00`

Where x represents the number of hours

Collect Like Terms

`\$8.00 * x \leq \$45.00 - \$5.00`

`\$8.00 * x \leq \$40.00`

Divide both sides by $8.00

`x \leq (\$40.00)/(\$8.00)`

`x \leq 5`

Hence, the least number of hour is 1 hour while the maximum is 5 hours