Question

Christine can buy a new snowboard for $130.50. She will still need to rent boots for $8.50 a day. She can rent a snowboard and boots for $18.25 a day. How many days would Christine to rent both the snowboard and boots to pay as much as she would if she buys the snowboard and rents only the boots for the season?

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Answer 1

• 14 days

Explanation:

New snowboard and boots for x days rent cost

• 130.50 + 8.5x

Rent snowboards and boots for x days cost

• 18.25x

If the costs are same, then:

• 18.25x = 130.5 + 8.5x
• 18.25x - 8.5x = 130.5
• 9.75x = 130.5
• x = 130.5/9.75
• x = 13.38 or 14 days rounded to next integer