Question

A business trip will be reimbursed $0.55 per mile. Mr. Jackson has a budget of $70 for the round trip. If he is traveling to a town 61 miles away, then will he be under or over? Prove your thinking.

Answer 1

Mr. Jackson will be under his budget.

Explanation:

We know that Mr. Jackson has a budget of only $70 for the trip. We know that the trip will be reimbursed $0.55 per mile. Mr. Jackson is traveling 61 miles. Therefore, we need to multiply $0.55 by 61.

61 x 0.55 = $35.55

Since $35.55 is less than $70, he will be under his budget.

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Answer 2

We know Mr. Jackson will have to pay 0.55 dollars per mile and that he's traveling 61 miles, so, if we want to know. how much will he pay, we can multiply the quantity of miles (61) per the cost of these:

0.55 * 61 = 33.55

So we know he will have to pay 33.55 dollars, and, as the travel is round, considering he will travell the same quantity of miles, he will pay twice

33.55 * 2 = $67.10

He has more budget than the needed for the travel