The total cost to pay for parking at a state park for the day and rent a paddleboard are shown.

Number of Hours Cost
1 $21
2 $37
3 $53
4 $69


Find the cost to park for a day and the hourly rate to rent a paddleboard.

The cost to park for a day is $_____ and the hourly rate to rent a paddleboat is $___

How would I begin to figure this out. Please help.

Would you just do $69 x 4=$276?

I assume that the price is $16 more than the previous price.

5 hours = 69 +16 = 85
6 hours = 85 + 16 = 101
7 hours = 101 + 16 = 117
8 hours = 117 + 16 = 133

Hello Mrs. Sue. This somewhat makes sense. I appreciate your guidance in this. Thank you so much.

You are welcome.

To find the cost to park for a day and the hourly rate to rent a paddleboard, we need to analyze the given information.

First, let's observe the cost for parking at different time durations.

From the data, we can see that the cost increases by $16 for every additional hour of parking. For example, the cost for 1 hour of parking is $21, and for 2 hours it is $37, which is $16 more. Similarly, for 2 hours to 3 hours it increases by $16, and for 3 hours to 4 hours it increases by $16 again.

This tells us that the additional cost for every hour of parking is $16. Therefore, the cost for parking a full day (assuming a day is 24 hours) would be 24 hours multiplied by $16, which is $384.

Next, let's calculate the hourly rate to rent a paddleboard. By comparing the cost for different time durations, we can see that the difference between each consecutive hour is $16. For example, from 1 hour to 2 hours, the cost difference is $16.

Since the given data does not provide the initial cost for renting the paddleboard, we need additional information to determine the exact hourly rate. However, given that the cost increases by $16 for each additional hour, we can conclude that the hourly rate to rent a paddleboard is $16.

Therefore, the cost to park for a day is $384 and the hourly rate to rent a paddleboard is $16.