Question

A car rental company charges $15 a day and 17 cents per mile for their cars. If a car were rented for 1 day for a total charge of $50.02, how many miles was it driven?They drove ? miles.

Answer 1

We have:

$15 a day

17 cents per mile = $0.17

Total charge = $50.02

Then, let x miles was it driven.

We have the following equation:

$15+0.17x=50.02$

Next, solve for x

$\begin{gathered} 15+0.17x-15=50.02-15 \\ 0.17x=35.02 \\ \frac{0.17x}{0.17}=\frac{35.02}{0.17} \\ x=206 \end{gathered}$

Answer: they drove 206 miles