John and two friends rent a canoe at a park. Each person must rent a life jacket. If the bill for the rental of the canoe and life jackets is 41, for how many hours did they rent the canoe?
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To find the number of hours they rented the canoe, we need to figure out how much they paid per hour.
Let's assume they rented the canoe for x hours.
The cost of renting the canoe per hour would be 41/x.
Since each person must rent a life jacket, the total cost for renting a life jacket for John and his two friends would be 3 times the cost per hour.
Therefore, the cost of renting a life jacket for 3 people would be 3 * (41/x) = 123/x.
The total rental cost, which includes the canoe and life jackets, is given as $41.
So, we can set up the equation:
41 + 123/x = 41.
Subtracting 41 from both sides, we get:
123/x = 0.
Since anything divided by zero is undefined, this equation implies that there is no solution.
Therefore, it is not possible to determine how many hours they rented the canoe based on the given information.