Question

With Hurtz Rent-A-Car, you can rent a car for $25 a week plus 15 cents for each mile driven. Upto how many miles can you drive if you have $175?

If w is the number of miles driven, then the cost of renting the car in dollars is

.


Inequality :


≤




Answer: You can drive up to is

miles.

Answer 1

Use the formula 175=0.15x+25
Solve for x.

175=0.15x+25
-25 -25
150=0.15x
/0.15 /0.15
150/0.15 = 1000
x=1000, Answer: You can drive up to 1000 miles.