Question

The cost of parking a motor home in a state park includes a one time fee of $180, plus a daily rate of $55 per day. Anthony prepaid for his stay and paid the state park commission a fee of $565. This paid for the one time fee as well as for a number of days. How many days of parking did Anthony pay for? Group of answer choices

Answer 1

Anthony paid for 7 days of parking.

Explanation:

From the information given, the cost of parking a motor home in a state park would be equal to the one time fee plus the result of multiplying the daily rate for the number of days:

c=180+55x, where c is the cost of parking the motor home and x is the number of days.

Now, you can replace c with 565 that is the amount Anthony prepaid and you can solve for x to be able to find the number of days he paid for:

565=180+55x

565-180=55x

385=55x

x=385/55

x=7

According to this, Anthony paid for 7 days of parking.