Problema Solution

A family decides to rent a boat for the day while on vacation. The boat's rental rate is $500 for the first two hours and $50 for each additional half hour. Suppose the family can spend $700 dollars for the boat. What inequality represents the number of hours for which they can rent the boat?

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Let 'x' represent the number of hours for which they can rent the boat, x>=0

Since 700 < 2*500 the number of hours x must be smaller than 2 and the inequality is:

500*x <= 700