Charges for parking

Question

Car parking along St. John street is charged at flat X dollar for any amount of time up to these hours, and 1/5 of X dollar each hour or fraction of an hour after the first three hours. How much does it cost to park for 5 hours and 30 minutes?

Comments

Is the answer 8 ?

Answer 1

Ans=1.5x

for three hours=x

4 hr=x+x/5

5 hr=x+x/5+x/5

5hr and 30 minutes= x+x/5+x/5+x/10

=(10x+2x+2x+x)/10=15x/10= 1.5x