Question

A rental car company charges $50 per day to rent a car and $0.15 for every mile driven. Mei Mei wants to rent a car, knowing that:

She plans to drive 100 miles.

She has at most $130 to spend.


Write and solve an inequality which can be used to determine xx, the number of days Mei Mei can afford to rent while staying within her budget.

Answer 1

50x + 19.5 ≤ 130

Explanation:

X is the number of days Mei Mei plans to rent the car

For driving 100 miles, Mei Mei will be charged $19.50. [130 times 0.15]

Mei Mei has a maximum budget of $130, so the inequality will have a less than or equal to sign

50x + 19.5 ≤ 130