Question

To rent a midsize car for one day, Tom's Car Rentals charges a fee of $0.25 per mile driven. Use your function from the previous question, to predict the total cost of renting a car for one day, given that you plan to drive the car 200 miles.

Answer 1

$800 not including rental fee.
200 miles divided by $0.25

Answer 2

$50

Explanation:

If Tom's car rental charges a fee of $0.25 per mile driven i.e $0.25 = 1mile, the total cost of renting a car for one day, given that you plan to drive the car 200 miles will be

$x = 200miles where $x is unknown cost of renting the car for driving 200miles.

We will then have;

$0.25 = 1mile

$x = 200miles

Cross multiplying will give;

$x × 1mile = 200miles ×$0.25

$x = 200miles×$0.25/1mile

$x = $50

Therefore, the total cost of renting a car for one day, given that you plan to drive the car 200 miles will be $50

This amount is correct since the car is only rented for one day.