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Jake is renting a car from Hertz Car Rentals for a day.

It costs $85 plus $0.75 per mile driven.
Let C represent the cost of renting a car and m represent the number or miles driven.
Write a linear equation to represent the cost of renting a car for m miles.

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Answer:

c=0.75m+85

Step-by-step explanation: m=slope and since its increasing by the same amount every mile $0.75 is the slope, and since it starts at $85 that would be the y-intercept. Hope this helps!

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