Question

carlos wants to rent a boat and spend less than $56. the boat costs $6 per hour, and carlos has a discount coupon for $4 off. what are the possible numbers of hours carlos could rent the boat? use t for the number of hours. write your answer as an inequality solved for t.

Explanation:

Step1: Define cost inequality

$6t - 4 < 56$

Step2: Isolate term with $t$

$6t < 56 + 4$
$6t < 60$

Step3: Solve for $t$

$t < \frac{60}{6}$
$t < 10$

Answer:

$t < 10$
(where $t$ represents the number of hours, and $t > 0$ as hours cannot be non-positive)