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A parking garage charges $5 plus $2 per hour. You have $16 to spend for parking. How many hours can

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A parking garage charges $5 plus $2 per hour. You have $16 to spend for parking. How many hours can you park?

Subtract the flat rate to get the amount you have for hourly parking:
16 - 5 = 11

So we divide 11 dollars to park by 2 dollars per hour to get:
11/2
5.5 hours
 
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