To rent a certain meeting room, a college charges a reservation fee of $15 and an additional fee of $4 per hour. The chemistry club wants to spend less than $43 on renting the room. What are the possible numbers of hours the chemistry club could rent the meeting room?

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Kadence

9 July, 03:43

To rent a certain meeting room, a college charges a reservation fee of $15 and an additional fee of $4 per hour. The chemistry club wants to spend less than $43 on renting the room. What are the possible numbers of hours the chemistry club could rent the meeting room?

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Owen Poole · Answer 1

7 hours max

Dominick · Answer 2

1 to 7 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

they must pay 15 so 43 - 15 is 28

the rest of the money can all be spent on the hours

1 hour = 4 dollar

so to get the maximam hours you divide the remaining money by 4

28 : 4 = 7