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Jim needs to rent a car a rentel company charges 21.00 per day to rent a car and 0.10 for every mile driven .

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Answer:

21d +25 ≤ 115

Explanation:

Jim's cost will be ...

... 21.00·d + 0.10·250 = 21d +25

He wants his cost not to exceed his budget, so ...

... 21d +25 ≤ 115

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The solution is ...

... 21d ≤ 90 . . . . subtract 25

... d ≤ 90/21 ≈ 4.3

so Jim can rent the car a maximum of 4 days.

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