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
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