Jay has lost his mothers favorite necklace, so he will rent a metal detector to try to find it. A rental company charges a one time rental fee of $15 plus $2 per hour to rent a metal detector. Jay has only $35 to spend. What is the maximum amount of time he can rent the metal detector?

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15 September, 15:41

Jay has lost his mothers favorite necklace, so he will rent a metal detector to try to find it. A rental company charges a one time rental fee of $15 plus $2 per hour to rent a metal detector. Jay has only $35 to spend. What is the maximum amount of time he can rent the metal detector?

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Gilberto Richardson · Answer 1

10 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Say x is the number of hours he can rent the detector at most. Using it, we can set up this equation:

15 + 2x = 35

Subtract 15 from both sides

2x = 20

Divide by 2 on both sides

x = 10