Question

Jay wants to rent a metal detector. A rental company charges a one-time rental fee of $20 plus $5 per hour to rent a metal detector. Jay has only $60 to spend. What is the maximum amount of time he can rent the metal detector?

Answer 1

8 hours.

Explanation:

If you have the 20 as the fee, you'd only have 40 dollars left. If you do 40/ 5 you'd get your answer of 8 hours.