Question

A car rental company charges a daily rate of $23 plus $0.40 per mile for a certain car. Suppose that you rent that car for a day and your bill (before taxes ) is $171. How many miles did you drive?

Answer 1

To find out how many miles you drove, you can set up the equation and solve for Miles driven.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many miles you drove, we can set up the equation:

Total bill = Daily Rate + (Miles driven * Cost per mile)

Given that the daily rate is $23 and the total bill is $171, we can substitute these values into the equation:

$171 = $23 + (Miles driven * $0.40)

Now we can solve for Miles driven:

$171 - $23 = Miles driven * $0.40

$148 = Miles driven * $0.40

Miles driven = $148 / $0.40