your local rollerblade rink will rent you blades for $14.00 for 3 hours or $29.00 for 8 hours. Asume the price increase is constant depending on the number of hours the blades are rented.

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To solve this problem, we need to find the constant rate of the price increase per hour.

First, let's calculate the price per hour for each rental option:

For the rental option of 3 hours at $14.00:
Price per hour = Total price / Number of hours
Price per hour = $14.00 / 3 hours
Price per hour = $4.67 per hour

For the rental option of 8 hours at $29.00:
Price per hour = Total price / Number of hours
Price per hour = $29.00 / 8 hours
Price per hour = $3.63 per hour

Next, let's find the difference between the two prices per hour:
Price increase per hour = Price per hour for 8 hours - Price per hour for 3 hours
Price increase per hour = $3.63 per hour - $4.67 per hour
Price increase per hour = -$1.04 per hour

The negative value indicates a decrease in price per hour. Therefore, the price decreases by $1.04 per hour.

Hence, the price increase, or in this case, decrease, is constant depending on the number of hours the blades are rented, and it decreases by $1.04 per hour.