SOLUTION: The ACE bicycle shop charges a flat fee of $4, plus $1 per hour, for the hire of a bicycle.The Best Bicycle shop charges a flat fee of$8, plus 50 cent per hour. Connie and her 3 fr

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Question 954053: The ACE bicycle shop charges a flat fee of $4, plus $1 per hour, for the hire of a bicycle.The Best Bicycle shop charges a flat fee of$8, plus 50 cent per hour. Connie and her 3 friends hire 3 bicycles from ACE, and David and his brother hire two bicycles from best. After how many hours, will their cost be the same?


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The ACE bicycle shop charges a flat fee of $4, plus $1 per hour, for the hire of a bicycle.The Best Bicycle shop charges a flat fee of$8, plus 50 cent per hour. Connie and her 3 friends hire 3 bicycles from ACE, and David and his brother hire two bicycles from best. After how many hours, will their cost be the same?
Amount of time that'll make costs the same: highlight_green%282%29 hours