Question

5)

The cost of renting a bus for a field trip is $200.00 plus $0.30 per mile.
The total cost of the trip was $440. What was the total number of miles in the field trip?
Equation:
Total # of miles:

Answer 1

Equation: 200+0.30x=440
(I used x to represent number of miles, but you can use a different letter if you’d like)

Total # of miles: 800

Answer 2

72

Explanation:

first what you do is 440 - 200 which equals 240 then multiply 240 by 0.30