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Oceanside Bike Rental Shop charges 17 dollars plus 9 dollars an hour for renting a bike. Jason paid 89 dollars to rent a bike. How many hours did he pay to have the bike checked out

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Answer: 8 hours
Explanation: you start by subtracting the b value (17) from the total (89) getting 72. Then, since the hourly price is 9 dollars, we can divide the price by how much it is per hour getting (8) hours
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