Question

The late fee for library books is $2.00 plus 15¢ each day for a book that is late. If monicas late fee is $2.75, write and solve a linear equation to find how many days late her book is

Answer 1

it is five. x equals five.

Answer 2

The equation would look like this: 2.00 + 0.15x = 2.75
- 2.00 - 2.00
0.15x = 0.75
÷ 0.15 ÷ 0.15
x = 5 days