A car rental company charges $290 per week plus $0.29 per mile to rent a car. How many miles can you travel in one week for $558.25?

What equation you can I use to answer this question?

Question

A car rental company charges $290 per week plus $0.29 per mile to rent a car. How many miles can you travel in one week for $558.25?

What equation you can I use to answer this question?

anonymous · Answer

What equation can I use to answer this question?*

campbell_st · Answer

well the variable cost is $0.29 per mile... fixed cost is $290

so 

Cost = 0.29m +290

thats the equation... you need to use it and let C = $558.25

anonymous · Answer

I got 925.10

anonymous · Answer

925.1034 is actually the answer I got but idk where to round it up

campbell_st · Answer

I'm not sure how you got the 0.1

but 925 miles seems to be the correct answer

campbell_st · Answer

the calculation is

$$\frac{558.25 - 290}{0.29} = $$

anonymous · Answer

Ok, I totally got it now. Wow thank you so much for the help!