Jessie's Canoes rents canoes for $20 for the canoe plus $35 per hour. You do not want to spend more than $150. What is the maximum number of hours that you can afford to rent a canoe?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-12T14:05:45

The maximum number of hours we could rent the canoe would be 4 hours.

First, let's write the formula for the cost of renting a canoe from Jessie:

$C = 20 + 35 h$ $C = 20 + 35h$ where $C$ $C$ is the total cost and $h$ $h$ is the number of hours you rent the canoe.

Because we don't want to spend "MORE" than $150 this will become an inequality.

We need to solve:

$20 + 35 h \leq 150$ $20 + 35h <= 150$

$20 - 20 + 35 h \leq 150 - 20$ $20 - 20 + 35h <= 150 - 20$

$0 + 35 h \leq 130$ $0 + 35h <= 130$

$35 h < 150$ $35h < 150$

$\frac{35 h}{35} \leq \frac{150}{35}$ $(35h)/35 <= 150/35$

$h \leq 4.3$ $h <= 4.3$

The maximum number of hours we could rent the canoe would be 4 hours.