Answer:
8 weekend hours can now be purchased.
Note: The prior information required is:
You purchase 26 "parking hours" that you can use over the next month to park your food truck at the fair. Weekday hours cost $2/hour and weekend hours cost $10/hour.
Step-by-step explanation:
Initial cost of weekday hours = $2/ hour
Since the cost of the weekday hours is tripled, new cost = $2/ hour × 3 = $6/ hour
Total week hours purchased = 26 hours
Let the number of weekend hours be x; number of weekday hours will be 26 - x
Since the budget remains the same, therefore, the total cost of weekday parking hours and weekend parking hours will be equal to $220as expressed below;
(26 - x) × $6 + $10 × x = $220
$10x - $6x + $156 = $220
$4x = $(220 -156)
x = 64/4
x = 8 hours
Therefore, 8 weekend hours can now be purchased
