SOLUTION: To rent a certain meeting room, a college charges a reservation fee of $46 and an additional fee of $7.80 per hour. The film club wants to spend less than $85.00 on renting the

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Question 865278: To rent a certain meeting room, a college charges a reservation fee of $46 and an additional fee of $7.80 per hour.
The film club wants to spend less than $85.00 on renting the meeting room.
What are the possible amounts of time for which they could rent the meeting room ?

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To rent a certain meeting room, a college charges a reservation fee of $46 and an additional fee of $7.80 per hour.
The film club wants to spend less than $85.00 on renting the meeting room.
What are the possible amounts of time for which they could rent the meeting room ?

85 - 46 = 39
Therefore:
39 / 7.80
= 5 hours

Answer:
They can rent the meeting room for 5 hours.

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