Question

At Garcia's Bike Rentals, it costs $41 to rent a bike for 9 hours. How many dollars does it cost per hour of bike use? Please round to nearest hundredth if necessary and please answer as a decimal unless answer is a whole number. Answer to get 30 pts.

Answer 1

we know it costs $41 for 9 hours, how much will it be for 1 hour?

$\begin{array}{ccll} \ {data-answer}amp;hours\\ \cline{1-2} 41&9\\ x&1 \end{array}\implies \cfrac{41}{x}=\cfrac{9}{1}\implies \cfrac{41}{x}=9\implies 41=9x \\\\\\ \cfrac{41}{9}=x\implies 4.56=x$