Joe's boat rental rents paddle boats for $8.00 and hour and the paddles rent for $5.00 for the day. If David has $45, what is the least amount of hours he could rent the paddle boat?

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Answer:

Least: 1 hour

Maximum: 5 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Boat hourly rate = $8.00

Paddle daily rate = $5.00

Required

Determine the least hour, David could use the boat

First, we need to represent this as an inequality.

Since David has $45, then

[tex]\$8.00 * x + \$5.00 \leq \$45.00[/tex]

Where x represents the number of hours

Collect Like Terms

[tex]\$8.00 * x \leq \$45.00 - \$5.00[/tex]

[tex]\$8.00 * x \leq \$40.00[/tex]

Divide both sides by $8.00

[tex]x \leq \frac{\$40.00}{\$8.00}[/tex]

[tex]x \leq 5[/tex]

Hence, the least number of hour is 1 hour while the maximum is 5 hours