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Omar rented a truck for one day. There was a base fee of $17.95, and there was an additional charge of 98 cents for each mile driven. Omar had to pay when he returned the truck. For how many mile did he drive the truck?

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The given question is incomplete. The complete question is:

Omar rented a truck for one day. There was a base fee of $17.95, and there was an additional charge of 98 cents for each mile driven. Omar had to pay $23 when he returned the truck. For how many mile did he drive the truck?

Answer: Omar drove the truck for 5.15 miles

Explanation:

Base fee = 17.95 $

Additional charge per mile = 98 cents = 0.98 $ ( 100cents = 1$)

Now Omar payed = 22 $

Let the miles he travelled = x

Now ,
17.95+0.98* x=23

Solvimg for x :


x=5.15miles

Thus Omar drove the truck for 5.15 miles

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