The Haul-It-All Truck Rental Company charges $65 for two-day rental, plus $0.15 for each mile over 100. miles. Burt's total charge for a two-day rental was $83.75. how many miles did he drive?

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anonymous · Answer

$65 of that $83.75 had noting to do with the miles
what is $83.75-65$?

anonymous · Answer

*nothing

anonymous · Answer

its 18.75

anonymous · Answer

ok, then divide by $.15$ to see how many miles he drove

anonymous · Answer

125?

anonymous · Answer

i don't know, i didn't do it
want me to check?

anonymous · Answer

looks good http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1875%2F15

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Betty has a big yard and wants to hire a lawn service to mow if for the summer. Angel lawn Service offers two payment options. Option 1 requires a $300 security fee plus $30 per cutting. option 2 does not requires a security fee but costs $50 per cutting. how many cutting will it take for the two options to cost the same?

anonymous · Answer

solve $$300+30x=50x$$ for $x$ 
takes only two steps

anonymous · Answer

15?

anonymous · Answer

yup

anonymous · Answer

each of the two smaller angels of a parallelogram measures 18 less than each of the two larger angles. find the measures of the four angles?