GMAT Question of the Day: Daily via email | Daily via Instagram New to GMAT Club? Watch this Video

 It is currently 07 Jul 2020, 21:42

### GMAT Club Daily Prep

#### Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.

Customized
for You

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

Track

every week, we’ll send you an estimated GMAT score based on your performance

Practice
Pays

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

# Becky rented a power tool from a rental shop. The rent for the tool wa

Author Message
TAGS:

### Hide Tags

Director
Status: I don't stop when I'm Tired,I stop when I'm done
Joined: 11 May 2014
Posts: 515
GPA: 2.81
Becky rented a power tool from a rental shop. The rent for the tool wa  [#permalink]

### Show Tags

24 Jun 2016, 10:54
1
12
00:00

Difficulty:

5% (low)

Question Stats:

82% (00:40) correct 18% (00:43) wrong based on 633 sessions

Becky rented a power tool from a rental shop. The rent for the tool was $12 for the first hour and$3 for each additional hour. If Becky paid a total of $27, excluding sales tax, to rent the tool, for how many hours did she rent it? A. 5 B. 6 C. 9 D. 10 E. 12 OG Q 2017(Book Question: 164) Intern Joined: 16 Jul 2014 Posts: 19 Location: United Arab Emirates Re: Becky rented a power tool from a rental shop. The rent for the tool wa [#permalink] ### Show Tags 24 Jun 2016, 11:12 12 + 3n = 27 n = 5 Total time = n+1 hrs = 6 hrs We take n+1 as the initial rental 12$ has one hour included.

Sent from my SM-G935F using GMAT Club Forum mobile app
Board of Directors
Status: QA & VA Forum Moderator
Joined: 11 Jun 2011
Posts: 5011
Location: India
GPA: 3.5
Re: Becky rented a power tool from a rental shop. The rent for the tool wa  [#permalink]

### Show Tags

24 Jun 2016, 11:29
AbdurRakib wrote:
Becky rented a power tool from a rental shop. The rent for the tool was $12 for the first hour and$3 for each additional hour. If Becky paid a total of $27, excluding sales tax, to rent the tool, for how many hours did she rent it? A. 5 B. 6 C. 9 D. 10 E. 12 OG Q 2017(Book Question: 164) Total Rent = Rent for First Hour + No of Hours * Rate per hour 27 = 12 + 3 ( No of Hours ) 15 = 3 ( No of Hours ) Or, No of Hours ( above first hour) = 5 hours... So, Total hours worked is 6 hours ( 5 + 1 ) Answer will be (B) _________________ Thanks and Regards Abhishek.... PLEASE FOLLOW THE RULES FOR POSTING IN QA AND VA FORUM AND USE SEARCH FUNCTION BEFORE POSTING NEW QUESTIONS How to use Search Function in GMAT Club | Rules for Posting in QA forum | Writing Mathematical Formulas |Rules for Posting in VA forum | Request Expert's Reply ( VA Forum Only ) Manager Joined: 03 Jan 2017 Posts: 131 Re: Becky rented a power tool from a rental shop. The rent for the tool wa [#permalink] ### Show Tags 23 Mar 2017, 06:55 great question! 12+3*hours=27 We need [1 + h?] h=(27-12)/3 h=5 1+5=6 Answer is B Beware of not writing 5! Manager Joined: 06 Sep 2018 Posts: 167 Location: Pakistan Concentration: Finance, Operations GPA: 2.87 WE: Engineering (Other) Re: Becky rented a power tool from a rental shop. The rent for the tool wa [#permalink] ### Show Tags 12 Sep 2018, 08:23 1 let $$n$$ be the total number of renting hours for the tool. then, $$Total Rent = 12 +3(n-1)$$ As given, $$Total Rent=27$$ so, $$27=12+3(n-1)$$ $$3(n-1)=27-12=15$$ $$n-1=\frac{15}{3}$$ $$n-1=5$$ $$n=6$$ Answer B Target Test Prep Representative Status: Founder & CEO Affiliations: Target Test Prep Joined: 14 Oct 2015 Posts: 11047 Location: United States (CA) Re: Becky rented a power tool from a rental shop. The rent for the tool wa [#permalink] ### Show Tags 14 Sep 2018, 07:59 AbdurRakib wrote: Becky rented a power tool from a rental shop. The rent for the tool was$12 for the first hour and $3 for each additional hour. If Becky paid a total of$27, excluding sales tax, to rent the tool, for how many hours did she rent it?

A. 5
B. 6
C. 9
D. 10
E. 12

We can create the equation in which h = the total number of hours of the rental. Note that she paid $12 for the first hour and$3 per hour for the remaining (h - 1) hours. Thus, we have:

12 + 3(h - 1) = 27

12 + 3h - 3 = 27

3h = 18

h = 6

_________________

# Scott Woodbury-Stewart

Founder and CEO

Scott@TargetTestPrep.com
225 Reviews

5-star rated online GMAT quant
self study course

See why Target Test Prep is the top rated GMAT quant course on GMAT Club. Read Our Reviews

Intern
Joined: 30 Apr 2017
Posts: 34
Re: Becky rented a power tool from a rental shop. The rent for the tool wa  [#permalink]

### Show Tags

18 Jan 2019, 22:20
12(1) + 3(n) = 27
n = 5
total hours = n + 1 = 6
Board of Directors
Status: QA & VA Forum Moderator
Joined: 11 Jun 2011
Posts: 5011
Location: India
GPA: 3.5
Re: Becky rented a power tool from a rental shop. The rent for the tool wa  [#permalink]

### Show Tags

06 Feb 2020, 06:28
AbdurRakib wrote:
Becky rented a power tool from a rental shop. The rent for the tool was $12 for the first hour and$3 for each additional hour. If Becky paid a total of $27, excluding sales tax, to rent the tool, for how many hours did she rent it? A. 5 B. 6 C. 9 D. 10 E. 12 OG Q 2017(Book Question: 164) $$\frac{27 - 12}{3}$$ Or, $$\frac{15}{3}$$ Or, 5 Hours + 1 Hour ($ 12) , Answer must be (B) 6 Hours
_________________
Thanks and Regards

Abhishek....

PLEASE FOLLOW THE RULES FOR POSTING IN QA AND VA FORUM AND USE SEARCH FUNCTION BEFORE POSTING NEW QUESTIONS

How to use Search Function in GMAT Club | Rules for Posting in QA forum | Writing Mathematical Formulas |Rules for Posting in VA forum | Request Expert's Reply ( VA Forum Only )
Re: Becky rented a power tool from a rental shop. The rent for the tool wa   [#permalink] 06 Feb 2020, 06:28