SOLUTION: The initial cost to rent a bike is ​$4. Each hour the bike is rented it costs ​$1.75. Connor is going to rent a bike and can spend at most ​$11.00 Write and solve

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Question 1033042: The initial cost to rent a bike is ​$4. Each hour the bike is rented it costs ​$1.75. Connor is going to rent a bike and can spend at most ​$11.00 Write and solve an inequality to find how long he can rent the bike.
Answer by jorel555(1290) About Me  (Show Source):
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The cost of renting a bike is:
$4+1.75t, where t is the time, in hours, that the bike is rented. Thus Connor's budget is:
4+1.75t(less than, or equal to)11
1.75t<7
t<4
Connor can rent the bike for, at most, 4 hours!!!!!!!