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A rental car company charges $100 flat fee and $.25 per mile. Write an equation to find the cost “c” for “m” miles

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So you would look at the formula as you would slope intercept:

y = mx +b
m= slope
b = y intercept

Each mile costs $.25 so that would be the slope
The entry fee would be the y intercept
X in this equation are the miles

If m = miles
And c = cost than...

The equation is c = .25(m) + 100
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