SOLUTION: Three friends pay $4 per hour to rent a paddle boat plus $5 for snacks. How long can you row a boat for $13

Question 1131834: Three friends pay $4 per hour to rent a paddle boat plus $5 for snacks. How long can you row a boat for $13

Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Snacks are only $, and is a one-time payment.
Renting a paddle boat is $ per hour. Let
You have $ in all

Isolate the . Note the equal sign, what you do to one side, you do to the other. Do the opposite of PEMDAS.
Subtract from both sides:

Divide from both sides

hours is your limit for the amount of hours you can ride with $ and after buying snacks.

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