Question

To rent a moving truck there is a fee of $150 and each mile you drive costs an extra $1.75 per mile, where R(x) is the total cost to rent a truck for (x) number of miles. What is the total cost of the rental if you drive the truck a total of 96 miles?

Answer 1

$318

Explanation:

First, we want to set up an equation to solve this problem by using the information given to us. We're asked for the total cost, so we want one side of the equation to be
`R(x)=`. Then, we know that the initial cost is $150, no matter how many miles we drive. We are also told that each mile is $1.75.

`R(x)=150+1.75x`

The problem tells us that we are driving 96 miles, so we can plug in 96 for
`x` and solve.

`R(x)=150+1.75(96)\\R(x)=150+168\\R(x)=318`

The total cost of the rental is going to $318.

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