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Mike wants to rent a car for his vacation. The rental costs $125 a week plus $.15 a mile. How far can mike travel in a week if he wants to spend at the most $200?

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He can travel 500 miles
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Answer: Mike can travel 500 miles if he wants to spend $200.

Step-by-step explanation: Given that Mike wants to rent a car for his vacation and the rental costs $125 a week plus $.15 a mile.

We are to find the number of miles that Mike can travel in a week if he wants to spend at the most $200.

Let x denotes the number of miles that Mike can travel.

Then, according to the given information, we have


0.15*x+125=200\\\\\Rightarrow 0.15x=200-125\\\\\Rightarrow 0.15x=75\\\\\Rightarrow x=(75)/(0.15)\\\\\\\Rightarrow x=(7500)/(15)\\\\\Rightarrow x=500.

Thus, Mike can travel 500 miles if he wants to spend $200.

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