document.write( "Question 816279: a parking garage charges 2 for the first hour and 0.75 for every hour after that. The total parking bill was 6.50 how many hours was the car parked in the garage \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "a parking garage charges 2 for the first hour and 0.75 for every hour after that
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document.write( "Bill = .75(x-1) + $2   |x being the total time parked
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document.write( "The total parking bill was 6.50 how many hours was the car parked in the garage
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document.write( " $6.50 = .75(x-1) + $2
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document.write( "  4.50/.75 = x-1
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document.write( "      6 = x-1
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document.write( "      7hr  = x
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document.write( " .75*6 + $2 = $6.50 \n" );
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