Question

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

Answer 1

To find out how many miles Justin drove the truck, subtract the base fee from the total amount he paid and divide by the additional charge per mile.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many miles Justin drove the truck, we need to subtract the base fee from the total amount he paid and then divide the result by the additional charge per mile. Let's assume the total amount Justin paid is x. The equation to solve is: x - base fee = (additional charge per mile * miles driven). Rearranging the equation, we get: miles driven = (x - base fee) / additional charge per mile.

Answer 2

This question is incomplete because the numbers are missing, so i will solve it in a general way where you can replace the values.

"Justin rented a truck for one day. There was a base fee of A, and there was an additional charge of B cents for each mile driven. Justin had to pay P when he returned the truck. For how many miles did he drive the truck?"

Ok, we can model the cost as a function of x, where x is the number of miles driven.

C(x) = A + B*x

Where A is the fee that is paid only one time, and B is the amount that he should pay for each mile driven.

Now, we know that he had to pay P when he returned the truck, then we should solve the equation:

A + B*x = P

We must solve this for x.

x = (P - A)/B