It costs $5.50 per hour to rent a pair of ice skates for up to 2 hours. After 2 hours, the rental cost per hour decreases to $2.50.
How much does it cost to rent a pair of ice skates for 4 hours?
Answer (3)
2 x 5.50=11. 2x2.50=5 11+5=16. Answer $16
To calculate the** total cost **for 4 hours of skate rental, you separately calculate the cost for the first two hours and for the additional two hours. This gives $11 and $5 respectively, which total to $16. ;
To rent a pair of ice skates for 4 hours, the total cost is $16, which includes $11 for the first 2 hours and $5 for the next 2 hours. The rates per hour are $5.50 for the first 2 hours and $2.50 thereafter.
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