Delia spent $250 to rent a boat for 6 hours. The rental company charges a base rate of $150 for the first two 2 hours, and then an hourly rate for each additional hour. How much does each additional hour of boat rental cost?(1 point)
Responses
$20
$20
$17
$17
$67
$67
$25
To find out how much each additional hour of boat rental costs, we first need to determine the cost of the first two hours of rental and then calculate the difference between the total cost and the base rate.
The base rate for the first two hours is $150. We are given that Delia rented the boat for 6 hours and spent a total of $250. So, the cost of the additional hours would be the difference between the total cost and the base rate for the first two hours.
Total cost - Base rate = Additional hour rate
$250 - $150 = $100
Therefore, the additional hour rate is $100.
Since Delia rented the boat for 4 additional hours (6 hours total - 2 hours base rate), we can divide the total additional cost by the number of additional hours:
$100 / 4 = $25
So, each additional hour of boat rental costs $25.
$25
To find out how much each additional hour of boat rental costs, we need to subtract the base rate for the first two hours from the total cost of the rental and then divide it by the number of additional hours.
The base rate for the first two hours is $150.
The total cost of the rental is $250.
Therefore, the cost for additional hours is ($250 - $150) / (6 - 2) = $100 / 4 = $25.
So, each additional hour of boat rental costs $25.