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

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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Snacks are only $5, and is a one-time payment.
Renting a paddle boat is $4 per hour. Let hour+=+h
You have $13 in all
13+=+4h+%2B+5
Isolate the h. Note the equal sign, what you do to one side, you do to the other. Do the opposite of PEMDAS.
Subtract 5 from both sides:
13+%28-5%29+=+4h+%2B+5+%28-5%29
4h+=+13+-+5
4h+=+8
Divide 4+from both sides
%284h%29%2F4+=+%288%29%2F4
h+=+8%2F4
h+=+2
2 hours is your limit for the amount of hours you can ride with $13 and after buying snacks.