Jillian spent $31 to park for 6 hours. The parking garage charges a base rate of $3 for the first two 2 hours, and then an hourly rate for each additional hour. How much does each additional hour of parking cost?(1 point)

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Responses

$8.50
$8.50

$5.17
$5.17

$4.67
$4.67

$7.00

Answer 1

To find out how much each additional hour of parking costs, we need to first calculate the cost of the first 2 hours.

Jillian paid $31 for 6 hours of parking.
The base rate for the first 2 hours is $3.

Therefore, the cost of the first 2 hours is $3.

Now, we subtract the cost of the first 2 hours from the total cost to find out how much was paid for the additional hours.

$31 - $3 = $28

The additional $28 was paid for 6-2 = 4 hours.

So, each additional hour of parking costs $28 / 4 = $7.00.

Therefore, the correct answer is $7.00.