(HOPEFULLY WORTH 20 POINTS IF NOT ITS 10)
Stefan’s family rented a rototiller to prepare an area in their backyard for spring planting. The rental company charged an initial fee of $43 with an additional fee per hour. If they paid $64 after renting the rototiller for 7 hours, what was the hourly fee?
If h represents the hourly fee, which equation models this problem?
Let C be the total charge and t be the rental time in hours. C = ht + 43 Plugging the given values into the equation, we get: 64 = 7h + 43 7h = 21 h = 3 The hourly fee is $3.00 per hour.