A monthly pass for Hubway, a bicycle rental company in Boston, costs $19.50. To rent the bicycle with a monthly pass, it costs $1.50 for every 30 minutes.
If you rent the bicycle for 6 ¼ hours this month, how much will you owe to Hubway?
Write an equation to show the total monthly cost of renting a bicycle from Hubway with a monthly pass for any number of hours.
6 1/4 = 12.5 30-minute intervals
1.50 * 12.5 = ?
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To calculate the cost of renting a bicycle for 6 ¼ hours, we need to first convert the time into minutes.
1 hour = 60 minutes
¼ hour = ¼ * 60 = 15 minutes
So, 6 ¼ hours is equal to 6 * 60 + 15 = 375 minutes.
The cost per 30 minutes is $1.50. Therefore, the total number of 30-minute periods in 375 minutes is 375 / 30 = 12.5 periods.
Since we can't have half of a period, we round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the total number of periods is 13.
Now, to calculate the total cost, we multiply the number of periods (13) by the cost per period ($1.50):
Total cost = Number of periods * Cost per period
Total cost = 13 * $1.50
Total cost = $19.50
So, the total amount owed to Hubway for renting the bicycle for 6 ¼ hours is $19.50.
The equation to show the total monthly cost of renting a bicycle from Hubway with a monthly pass for any number of hours can be expressed as:
Total cost = $19.50 (monthly pass fee) + ($1.50 * Number of 30-minute periods)