Oceanside bike rental shop charges $14 fixed fee plus $8 an hour for renting a bike. Tim paid $62 dollars to rent a bike. How many hours did he pay to have the bike checked out

Area of circle = pi * radius^2radius is given to be 1/2 inchespi * (1/2)^2 = pi/4 inches^2 = 0.785 inches^2

So the first thing we do is to multiply the top equation by 3. the reason i want to do this is i notice there will be a 6y on both equations and can possibly add/subtract them. so we get 6y = -3x + 27. adding that and the second equation we get 6x = 27-15 which is 12. divide by 6 and we get 2. ∴ x = 2. substituting 2 into the first equation we get 2y = -2 + 9 which is 7. divide by 2 and we get 7/2. ∴ y = 7/2, x = 2.