Im so confused idk how to put it together

Question

Boat rentals. boat rentals charge 350 for the first two hours and $50 for each additional half hour. if you budgeted at most $600 to rent the boat, how many additional half hours can you rent the boat for?

Answer 1

Hi.

What we need to do here is write an equation that shows how the price for the first two hours plus the number of additional half-hours adds up to what can be spent - $600.

1. We know that the first two hours are $350.
2. We know that each subsequent half-hour is $50.
3. We know we can spend no more than $600.

We're going to use the letter "x" to represent the number of half-hour segments we can buy.

Here's the equation:

350 + 50x = 600

Now we can solve for x:

50x = 250

x = 5

We can rent the boat for five additional half-hour segments beyond the initial two-hour rental period.