Question

To rent a certain meeting room, a college charges a reservation fee of $38 and an additional fee of $6.80 per hour. The history club wants to spend less than $65.20 on renting the meeting room. History club wants to spend less than $65.20 on renting the meeting room. What are the possible amounts of time for which they could rent the meeting room? Use t for the number of hours the meeting room is rented, and solve your inequality for t.

Answer 1

t < 4

Explanation:

Reservation fee = $38

Additional fee per hour = $6.80

The history club wants to spend less than $65.20 on renting the meeting room.

t = number of hours the meeting room is rented

The inequality is

38 + 6.80t < 65.20

6.80t < 65.20 - 38

6.80t < 27.20

t < 27.20 / 6.80

t < 4

Therefore, number of hours the meeting room is rented should be less than 4 hours