You rent skates for $5 and pay $1 an hour for skating per person. Write an equation.

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    You rent skates for $5 and pay $1 an hour for skating per person. Write an equation.

    Let the number of hours be h. Our cost function C(h) is:
    C(h) = Cost per hour * hourly rate + rental fee

    Plugging in our numbers, we get:
    C(h) = h + 5
     

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