Stefan's family rented a rototiller to prepare an area in their backyard for spring planting. The rental company charged an initial fee of $43 with an additional fee per hour. If they paid $64 after renting the rototiller for 7 hours, what was the hourly fee? If h represents the hourly fee, which equation models this problem? What was the hourly fee for the rototiller?

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Roland Stokes

23 January, 20:26

Stefan's family rented a rototiller to prepare an area in their backyard for spring planting. The rental company charged an initial fee of $43 with an additional fee per hour. If they paid $64 after renting the rototiller for 7 hours, what was the hourly fee? If h represents the hourly fee, which equation models this problem? What was the hourly fee for the rototiller?

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Foxy Mama · Answer 1

Answer: the hourly fee for the rototiller is $3

Step-by-step explanation:

Let h represent the hourly fee for renting the rototiller.

The rental company charged an initial fee of $43 with an additional fee per hour. Assuming that they rented the rototiller for x hours. This means that if they rented the rototiller for x hours, the total amount that they would pay is

43 + hx

If they paid $64 after renting the rototiller for 7 hours, the equation that models this problem would be

43 + 7h = 64

7h = 64 - 43 = 21

h = 21/7 = $3