Question

Ms. Alder rents a car for her business. She may drive it up to 5,000 miles per month without paying a penalty. So far this month, she has made 3 trips, each 1,247 miles. Can she make this same trip one more time this month? Choose the correct answer and explanation.

Answer 1

Yes, she can make this same trip one more time this month

Explanation:

Here, we want to know if she can make the same trip one more time this month without paying a penalty

Mathematically, since the trip is same distance at all times

For a maximum of 4 trips, the distance per trip will be 5,000/4 = 1,250 miles

Since 4 * 1247 will definitely be less than 5,000;

this means that she can take a fourth trip in that month since she would not have exhausted the 5,000 miles without fine