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Jim's family went on vacation and rented a car. The rental car agency charged $64.75 plus an additional $0.03 for each mile the car was driven. If Jim's family paid a total of $71.14 for the car rental, how many miles did the family drive the car? Explain how you set up an equation to solve this word problem

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$71.14 - $64.75 = $6.39
Each mile = $0.03
$6.39 ÷ $0.03 = 213 miles.
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