Question

When a person puts a quarter in a parking meter, the person can park a car for 15 minutes. The amount of time a person can park is proportional to the amount of money put in the parking meter. Rita put coins in the parking meter to park for 1 hour and 24 minutes. I What amount of money is required to park for exactly 1 hour and 24 minutes? Show or explain the steps you used to determine the answer​

Answer 1

Answer: 140

Explanation:

First, do 25/15 to find out how many cents per minute that gets you 1.666 (repeating), next, times that number by the amount of minutes you want (which is 84 because 1 hour is equal to 60 minutes) so your answer is 140.

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