Question

Kevin rented a truck for one day. there was a base fee of $17.99, and there was an additional charge of 95 cents for each mile driven. Kevin had to pay $157.64 when he returned the truck. for how manny miles did he drive the truck?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Base fee = $17.99

Additional charge = $0.95 for each mile driven

If Kevin paid $157.64 when he returned the truck and we want to find out how many miles he drove the truck, step 1 would be to subtract the base fee.

157.65 - 17.99 = 139.65

This means that the remaining $139.65 is how much he paid for the miles he drove.

Since we know each mile costs $0.95.

Simply divide $139.65 by $0.95 to work out how many miles he drove.

Miles driven = 139.65 / 0.95 = ?