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A car rental agency advertised renting a car for $27.95 per day and 0.26$ per mile. If Trevor rents this car for 4 days, how many whole miles can he drive on a $200 budget?

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Answer:

339 miles.

Explanation:

Given:

A car rental agency advertised renting a car for $27.95 per day and 0.26$ per mile.

If Trevor rents this car for 4 days.

Question asked:

How many whole miles can he drive on a $200 budget?

Solution:

Total budget = $200

Trevor rents car for number of days = 4

As a car rental agency renting a car for $27.95 per day fixed charge, so Trevor must pay = Fixed charge per day
* number of days rented for

= $27.95
* 4

= $111.8

Remaining amount = $200 - $111.8 = $88.2

Now, to find number of miles he can travel, we will divide remaining amount by amount charged per mile

$88.2
/ $0.26 = 339.23 miles

Therefore, he can drive 339 miles on a $200 budget

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