To rent a certain meeting room, a college charges a reservation fee of $37 and an additional fee of $7.70 per hour. The history club wants to spend less than $90.90 on renting the meeting room. What are the possible amounts of time for which they could rent the meeting room? Use t for the number of hours the meeting room is rented, and solve your inequality for t.

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19 April, 16:03

To rent a certain meeting room, a college charges a reservation fee of $37 and an additional fee of $7.70 per hour. The history club wants to spend less than $90.90 on renting the meeting room. What are the possible amounts of time for which they could rent the meeting room? Use t for the number of hours the meeting room is rented, and solve your inequality for t.

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Micaela Stein · Answer 1

Answer: 7hours≥t

Given the data, the following inequality can be made.

90.90≥37+7.70t

subtract 37 from both sides

53.90≥7.70t

divide both sides by 7.70

7hours≥t

The meeting room can be rented for no more than 7 hours.