Question

Write and solve an equation to answer the question. A truck rental is $30 plus $.45 /mi. Find out how many miles Ken traveled if his bill was $73.65 . Ken traveled how many miles?

Answer 1

Given,

Fixed rental cost of truck is $30.

The cost ofrent of per mile is $0.45 permile.

Required

The number of miles ken travelled.

Consider, the number of miles travelled by hime is x.

According to the question,

`\begin{gathered} 30+0.45x=73.65 \\ 0.45x=73.65-30 \\ 0.45x=43.65 \\ x=(43.65)/(0.45) \\ x=97 \end{gathered}`

Hence, he travelled 97 miles.