Questions: At Davidson's Bike Rentals, it costs 16 to rent a bike for 3 hours. How many hours of bike use does a customer get per dollar?
hours per dollar
Transcript text: (b) At Davidson's Bike Rentals, it costs $\$ 16$ to rent a bike for 3 hours. How many hours of bike use does a customer get per dollar?
hours per dollar
Solution
Solution Steps
To determine how many hours of bike use a customer gets per dollar, we need to divide the total number of hours by the total cost in dollars.
Step 1: Determine Total Hours and Cost
The total hours of bike rental is given as \( 3 \) hours, and the total cost for this rental is \( 16 \) dollars.
Step 2: Calculate Hours per Dollar
To find the number of hours of bike use per dollar, we use the formula:
\[
\text{Hours per dollar} = \frac{\text{Total hours}}{\text{Total cost}} = \frac{3}{16}
\]
Calculating this gives:
\[
\text{Hours per dollar} = 0.1875
\]
Final Answer
The customer gets approximately \( 0.1875 \) hours of bike use per dollar spent. Thus, the final answer is:
\[
\boxed{0.1875}
\]