Question

A car rental company charges customers an initial charge plus a daily charge to rent cars. The initial charge is $35 and

the daily charge is $21. The rental company charged Steven $161.
Solve for x

Answer 1

x=6

Explanation:

Equation setup for problem: Total = Initial + (daily) x

Plug in values ->

161 = 35 + (21) x

Subtract 35 from both sides ->

126 = 21 x

Divide both sides by 21 ->

6 = x

So x is the number of days he had the car, so he had it for 6 days.