Question

Jeremy has at most $1,000 to spend on his vacation. He is renting a car and it will cost him $100 to sign up for the service and $50 a day to rent the car. What is x, the maximum number of days he could possibly rent the car?

Answer 1

18 days

Explanation:

1) Write an Equation:

50t + 100 = 1000

Where

100 is the set cost to sign up for the car service

t is time in days

2) Solve the Equation for t

50t + 100 = 1000

50t + 100 - 100 = 1000 - 100

50t = 900

50t / 50 = 900 / 50

t = 18