Bike rental shop

Question

A bike rental shop charges $5.50 just to rent the bike, and then charges $1.50. Write an equation to model the total cost of y renting the bike for x hours

Answer 1

It depends. If the 1.50 is an hourly charge, it would be 5.50 + 1.50 (x) = y

If 5.50 is the hourly charge it would be 1.50 + 5.50(x) = y

where x is the number of hours the bike is rented for.