Question

For a ride on the rental scooter, Omar paid an $8 fee to start the scooter plus 6 cents per minute of the ride. The total bill for Omar’s ride was $19.34 for how many minutes did Omar ride the scooter?

Answer 1

Explanation

Given that Omar paid an $8 fee to start the scooter plus 6 cents per minute of the ride. We can express this as

Let the number of minutes be x. Therefore, we will have

$\frac{6}{100}x=0.06x$

as the payment for riding the bicycle over x minutes.

Therefore, since the total bill for Omar’s ride was $19.34, we will have;

$0.06x+8=19.34$

Hence;

$\begin{gathered} 0.06x+8=19.34 \\ 0.06x=19.34-8 \\ 0.06x=11.34 \\ x=\frac{11.34}{0.06} \\ x=189 \end{gathered}$

Answer: 189 minutes