Question

Jesse rents a moving van for $75 and must pay $2 per mile. The following week, Alex rents the same van, is charged $80 for the rental and $1.50 per mile. If they each paid the same amount and drove the same number of miles, how far did they each travel?

Answer 1

number of miles=x
75+2x=80+1.5x
solve it

Answer 2

so the answer would be .1

Answer 3

no, 10. try again

Answer 4

i minused 75 fist to each side and then got 2x =5+1.5 then minused 1.5 from each and got .5x=5 and divided x=.1

Answer 5

the last bit was wrong.
0.5x=5
time 2 to both sides

Answer 6

0.5*2=1

Answer 7

so .5 is actually 5?

Answer 8

0.5 is actually 1/2
so 1/2 times 2 = 1

Answer 9

where does .5 come from

Answer 10

2x-1.5x of course

Answer 11

is that the first step

Answer 12

that's nearly the last step. look at your working