We run a business that rents out canoes and kayaks.

We run a business that rents out canoes and kayaks. A canoe rental costs $11 per day, and a kayak rental costs $16 dollars per day. One day, our business rents out 4 canoes for every 3 kayaks and receives a total of $460 in revenue. How many more canoes than kayaks were rented out?

Quiz

Answer/Solution

5

Steps/Work

Let x be the number of canoes.
Then 3x/4 is the number of kayaks.
11x+(3x/4)*16=460
11x+12x=460
23x=460
x=20 (canoes)
3x/4=15 (kayaks)
There were 20-15 = 5 more canoes rented out.
The answer is D.

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We run a business that rents out canoes and kayaks. A canoe rental costs $ per day, and a kayak rental costs $ dollars per day. One day, our business rents out canoes for every kayaks and receives a total of $ in revenue. How many more canoes than kayaks were rented out?

Calculated Answer

5

Step by Step Solution

In order to solve problem, you must evaluate n4 / (n0 * n2 + n1 * n3) * (n2 - n3).

n0 =11
n1 =16
n2 =4
n3 =3
n4 =460