To rent a certain meeting room, a college charges a reservation fee of $37 and an additional fee of $6.70 per hour. the chemistry club wants to spend less than $97.30 on renting the meeting room. what are the possible amounts of time for which they could rent the meeting room

Define x:

Let the number of hours be x.


Construct inequality:

37 + 6.7x < 97.30


Solve x:

37 + 6.7x < 97.30


Take away 37 from both sides:

6.7x < 60.30


Divide by 6.7 through:

x < 9 hours

If the club wants to spend less than $97.30, they need to rent the place for less than 9 hours. A possible amount of time will be 8 hours.