Question

The cost of renting a car is $43/week plus $0.25/mile traveled during that week. An equation to represent the cost would be y 43 + 0.25%, where x is the number of miles traveled. a. What is your cost if you travel 55 miles? ​

Answer 1

$56.75

Explanation:

Set up an equation:

Variable x = number of miles traveled

43 + 0.25x

Plug in the number of miles into the equation:

43 + 0.25(55)

43 + 13.75

56.75