Question

You need to rent a car for a road trip with some friends. The car rental company charges $36 per day plus $0.50 per mile over 100 miles. Suppose you rent the car for 5 days and drive 180 miles.

a. write an expression for how much it will cost to rent the car.
b. Evaluate the expression to determine your total cost.

Answer 1

Ok so first you will have to multiply 36 and 5 together. This will equal 180.

Now our next step will be to get the amount of money you owe for the miles.

Divide 80 by 2 to get 40. 40+180=220

a) (36*5)+(0.50*80)=220

b) Well the total cost will be 220$

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Answer 2

A car rental company charges $36 per day, and $0.50 per mile over 100 miles

You rent the car for 5 days and drive 180 miles

Expression: x = amount of miles,

IF x < 100, then "0.50x + 36" is your expression

Multiply 36 with 5

36 x 5 = 180

Subtract 100 from 180, and then multiply by 0.50

180 - 100 = 80 x 0.50 = 40

Add the two numbers gotten together.

180 + 40 = 220

$220 is your total

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