Question

The airport parking lot charges $2 to enter and $3 per hour after that Carmen has in dollars and wants to determine the maximum number of hours she can park. How can Determine the length of time she can afford to park her car in the parking lot?

Answer 1

16 hours for an amount of $50

Explanation:

The question did not specify how much Carmen has

but say he has $50

Step one:

Given data

Charge= $2

Cost per hour= $3

let x be the number of hours

the total can be modeled as

y=mx+c

50=3x+2

50-2=3x

48=3x

x=48/3

x=16hours

you can try out any amount using the expression

y=mx+c