Question

Allison owns a trucking company. For every truck that goes out, Allison must pay the

driver $11 per hour of driving and also has an expense of $1 per mile driven for gas

and maintenance. On one particular day, the driver drove an average of 15 miles per

hour and Allison's total expenses for the driver, gas and truck maintenance were

$286. Write a system of equations that could be used to determine the number of

hours the driver worked and the number of miles the truck drove. Define the

variables that you use to write the system.

Let

Let

System of Equations:

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attempt out of 2

Answer 1

Let h=the number of hours the driver drove

Let m=the number of miles driven

11h+1m=286

m=15h

Explanation:

Answer 2

x = 11

Explanation:

well you take the base equation 11*x + 1*x = 286

( x being hours and y being the number of miles)

then you put in the numbers of the question it gives you 11x + 15x = 286 then you should add 11x and 15x together because they have the same variable which gives you 26x = 286 then you divide 286/26 so that you get x = 11