SOLUTION: To rent a certain meeting room, a college charges a reservation fee of $ 38 and an additional fee of $ 5.70 per hour. The history club wants to spend at most $ 60.80

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Question 1152823: To rent a certain meeting room, a college charges a reservation fee of
$
38
and an additional fee of
$
5.70
per hour. The history club wants to spend at most
$
60.80
on renting the meeting room.
What are the possible amounts of time for which they could rent the meeting room?
Use
t
for the number of hours the meeting room is rented, and solve your inequality for
t
.

Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, josmiceli:
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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5.70t%2B38+%3C=+60.80

Subtract 38 from both sides:

5.70t+%3C=+22.80

Divide both sides by 5.70

t+%3C=+4

Less than or equal 4 hours.

Edwin

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
+5.7t+%2B+38+%3C=+60.8+
+5.7t+%3C=+22.8+
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+t+=+4+ hrs