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Jessica runs a shop that rents canoes and bicycles. Last week, she rented canoes and bicycles for a total of 140
hours. The rental cost for each canoe is $24 per hour, and the rental cost for each bicycle is $8 per hour. Jessica
earned a total of $1632 last week from renting canoes for x hours and bicycles for y hours.

Write two equations in terms of x and y Jessica could use to determine how many total hours she rented canoes.

Respuesta :

The two equations that can be used to determine the total hours she rented canoes are:

x + y = 140

$24x + $8y = $1632

Simultaneous equations

Simultaneous equations are sets of equations that have to be solved the same time in order to determine the value of some variables. In this question, the two variables of interest are the hours the canoes were rented and the total hours the bicycles were rented. In order  to determine these variables of interest, the two equations would be to be solved together.

The equations can be solved using the elimination method, substitution method or the graph method.

To learn more about simultaneous equations, please check: https://brainly.com/question/25875552

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