Question

A rental company rents a luxury car at a daily rate of $38.48 plus $.50 per mile. Paul is allotted $110 for car rental each day. Write an equation to represent the cost C of renting a car and driving x miles.

How many miles can Paul travel on the $110?

Answer 1

C=38.48+0.5x

about 143 miles

Explanation:

$38.48 base cost plus $.50 per mile, so after x miles, it would be 0.5x

so C=38.48+0.5x

to find how many miles Paul can travel

we set 110=38.48+0.5x

then solve

x=143.04

so Paul can travel about 143 miles