Question

a car rental charges is $100 per day plus $0.30 per mile traveled if the total is 300 miles was travelled in one day how much is the rental compony going to receive as a payment

Answer 1

Let x be the number of day and y be the number of mile

100x + 0.30y

To get the amount the rental company will recieve as payment, simply substitute x = 1 and y = 300 in the above expression and evaluate

100(1) + 0.30(300)

100 + 90

= $190

The rental company will receive $190 as a payment