joe rents a bike from mikes bikes for 18 dollars plus 5 dollars per hour he paid 38 dollars in all how many hours did he rent the bike?

Answer 1

Joe spent a total of $38 for the bike. The rental price is $18 plus $5/hr. Do determine the total hours rented we must first subtract the rental price from the total so that we are left with the hourly rental price.

38 - 18 = 20. So the hourly rental price is $20. Divide this by $5, the hourly rate, and we get 20/5 = 4. Joe rented the bike for 4 hours.