Question

Shandar rents a pickup truck for her house move. She has to pay $96 for the first day, $88 for each additional day she keeps the truck, and 45 cents for each mile she drives. She will also be able to use a $25 coupon. Write an expression that represents the total cost when Shandar keeps the truck for h days and travels a total of p miles.Simplify the expression completely.List the terms in your expression.For each term, identify the coefficient and variable.

Answer 1

96 first day

88 for each additional day (h)

0.45 for each mile driven (p)

$25 coupon

Expression

Total cost = 96 + 88h + 0.45p - 25

Simplify:

Combine like terms:

TC = 96 - 25 + 88h + 0.45p

TC = 71 + 88h + 0.45p

Terms:

71 = constant

88h = coefficient 88 , variable h

0.45p= coeficcient 0.45 , variable p