Question

Trey rented a truck for one day. There was a base fee of $20.99, and there was an additional charge of .96 cents for each mile driven. Trey has to pay $245.63 when he returned the truck. For how many miles did he drive the truck?

Answer 1

He drove the truck for 234 miles

Explanation:

Let x represent the number of miles for which he drove the truck.

There was a base fee of $20.99, and there was an additional charge of .96 cents for each mile driven. It means that the expression for the cost of driving the truck for x miles in a day is

20.99 + 0.96x

Trey has to pay $245.63 when he returned the truck. It means that

20.99 + 0.96x = 245.63

0.96x = 245.63 - 20.99

0.96x = 224.64

x = 224.64/0.96

x = 234 miles