Jose rented a truck for one day. There was a base fee of $14.99, and there was an additional charge of 96 cents for each mile driven. Jose had to pay $194.51 when he returned the truck. For how many miles did he drive the truck?

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unofficialllyy · Answer

@jim_thompson5910

unofficialllyy · Answer

@jdoe0001

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

were you able to figure out the total cost equation?

unofficialllyy · Answer

No i'm really bad at word problems... I get confused on what goes where.

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

Start with `There was a base fee of $14.99`

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

then add on `additional charge of 96 cents for each mile driven`

so if x = number of miles driven, then it costs an additional 0.96x dollars to drive x miles

the total cost equation would be

y = 14.99 + 0.96x

agreed?

unofficialllyy · Answer

Yes

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

`Jose had to pay $194.51 when he returned the truck`
so his total cost is y = 194.51

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

y = 14.99 + 0.96x

194.51 = 14.99 + 0.96x ... replace y with 194.51

solve for x

unofficialllyy · Answer

187 miles

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

correct