Question

Rachel Perez rented a car for 3 days at $40.00 per day, plus $0.20 per mile. To protect herself in case of an accident, she purchased the collision deductible for $10.00 per day and paid $40.00 for gasoline to cover the 500 miles she drove. What was her total cost to rent the car?

Answer 1

$290.

Explanation:

We have been given that Rachel Perez rented a car for 3 days at $40.00 per day.

`\text{The cost of renting a car for 3 days}=3* \$40`

`\text{The cost of renting a car for 3 days}=\$120`

We are also told that she pays $0.20 per mile for renting the car. As she covered a total distance of 500 miles, so cost of renting car foe 500 miles will be:

`\text{Cost of renting the car for 500 miles}=500* \$0.20`

`\text{Cost of renting the car for 500 miles}=\$100`

As Rachel purchased the collision deductible for $10.00 per day to protect herself in case of an accident, so cost of collision deductible for 3 days will be:

`\text{The cost of collision deductible for 3 days}=3* \$10`

`\text{The cost of collision deductible for 3 days}=\$30`

She also paid $40 for gasoline to cover 500 miles, so we can find total cost to rent the car for 3 days to cover 500 miles by adding all the expenses.

`\text{The total cost to rent the car}=\$120+\$100+\$30+\$40`

`\text{The total cost to rent the car}=\$290`

Therefore, the total cost to rent the car was $290.