SOLUTION: Parking in a student lot costs $2 for thr first half hour and $1.25 for each hour thereafter. A partial hour is charged the same as a full hour. What is the longest time that a stu

SOLUTION: Parking in a student lot costs $2 for thr first half hour and $1.25 for each hour thereafter. A partial hour is charged the same as a full hour. What is the longest time that a stu

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Question 622605: Parking in a student lot costs $2 for thr first half hour and $1.25 for each hour thereafter. A partial hour is charged the same as a full hour. What is the longest time that a student can park in this lot for $8?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The student has $6 left after 1st 1/2 hr
The next 4 hrs cost $5
The student has $1 left which he can't use, so
The longest he can park for is 4 and 1/2 hrs
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