Question

A car rental agency advertised renting a car for $23.95 per day and $0.33 per mile. If Brad rents this car for 2 ​days, how many whole miles can he drive on a $150 ​budget?

Answer 1

First, let's define a few varibles.

x = # of miles

y = # of days

z = total cost

Now, let's create our expression

z = $23.95y + $0.33x

Let's plug the numbers from our problem into our equation.

$150 = $23.95(2) + $0.33x

Simplify the right side

$150 = $47.9 + $0.33x

Subtract $47.9 from both sides

$102.1 = $0.33x

Divide both sides by $0.33

309 miles = x

Note, I rounded my answer down to the nearest whole number.