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A rental car company charges a daily rate of $35 to rent and $0.75 a mile to drive. The bill was $47. Write and solve an equation to find out how many miles were driven on this bill.
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A rental car company charges a daily rate of $35 to rent and $0.75 a mile to drive. The bill was $47. Write and solve an equation to find out how many miles were driven on this bill.

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Answer:

16 miles

Explanation:

Let m be the number of miles.


35 + .75m = 47


.75m = 12


m = 16

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