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A rental car company charges $77. 50 per day to rent a car and $0. 14 for every mile

driven. Juan wants to rent a car, knowing that:

• He plans to drive 425 miles.

• He has at most $230 to spend.

Write and solve an inequality which can be used to determine d, the number of days

Juan can afford to rent while staying within his budget.

User Esmeralda
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77.5d + .14m

m = 425

.14 * 425 = 59.5

77.5d + 59.5 ≤ 230

77.5d ≤ 170.5

d ≤ 170.5/77.5

d ≤ 2.2

if they only take payment for whole days, he has 2 whole days

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