SOLUTION: To rent a certain meeting room, a college charges a reservation fee of $17 and an additional fee of $6 per hour. The chemistry club wants to spend at most $65 on renting the room.

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Question 1178280: To rent a certain meeting room, a college charges a reservation fee of $17 and an additional fee of $6 per hour. The chemistry club wants to spend at most $65 on renting the room. What are the possible numbers of hours the chemistry club could rent the meeting room?
Use t for the number of hours.
Write your answer as an inequality solved for t.
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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    17 + 6t <= 65  dollars

     6t <= 65 - 17

     6t <= 48

      t <= 48/6

      t <= 8 hours.      ANSWER

Solved.