Question

The cost of a car rental is $40 plus $0.18 per mile. You are on a budget of $67. Write and solve an inequality to find the greatest distance you can drive while staying within your budget.

Answer 1

You can pay a maximum of $84.

formula is:

84 = 40 + .22*m

subtract 40 from both sides of this equation to get:

44 = .22*m

divide both sides of this equation by .22 to get:

44/.22 = m

simplify to get:

m = 200

you can go at most 2