A jet ski company charges a flat fee of $26.00 plus $1.00 per hour to rent a jet ski. Another company charges a fee of $14.75 plus $3.25 per hour to rent the same jet ski.

find the number of hours which the cost are the same. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

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Kyla Sutton

10 December, 15:46

A jet ski company charges a flat fee of $26.00 plus $1.00 per hour to rent a jet ski. Another company charges a fee of $14.75 plus $3.25 per hour to rent the same jet ski.

find the number of hours which the cost are the same. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

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Patricia Hardy · Answer 1

So i used trial and error and insert numbers starting for 2 and i found out that:

3.25*5 hours=16.25 which + 14.75 the fee is equal to 31/

and for the other company 26+1*5=26+5=31

and there u go the number of hours is 5.

A jet ski company charges a flat fee of $26.00 plus $1.00 per hour to rent a jet ski. Another company charges a fee of $14.75 plus $3.25 per hour to rent the same jet ski.find the number of hours which the cost are the same. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

A jet ski company charges a flat fee of $26.00 plus $1.00 per hour to rent a jet ski. Another company charges a fee of $14.75 plus $3.25 per hour to rent the same jet ski.

find the number of hours which the cost are the same. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.