Question

Shoreside Bikes is a bike rental company that charges tourists by the hour as
shown in the table. Use the table to fill in the missing representations.

Answer 1

The unit rate needs to be identified here. Given that the cost is $24 in 2 hours, we can set up a proportion:

24 / 2 = 12

In one hour, the cost is $12. We can apply this to the other numbers of hours:

12 • 3 = 36, so in 3 hours, the cost is $36.

12 • 4 = 48, so in 4 hours, the cost is $48

and so on. When graphed, this will result in a diagonal but increasing line.