Question

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Answer 1

Rita's company reimburses her expenses on food, lodging, and conveyance during business trips. The company pays $55 a day for food and lodging and $0.45 for each mile traveled. Rita drove 300 miles and was reimbursed $2,335.

Part A: Create an equation that will determine the number of days x on the trip.

Part B: Solve this equation justifying each step with an algebraic property of equality.

Part C: How many days did Rita spend on this trip?

Answer 2

Part A: 55x + 0.45(300) = 2335
Part B: 55x + 0.45(300) = 2335
55x + 135 = 2335
55x + 135 - 135 = 2335 - 135
55x = 2200
55x/55 = 2200/55
Part C: x = 40

Answer 3

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Answer 4

@jhonyy9

Answer 5

@MAGENTAMA202

Answer 6

@Hero

Answer 7

omg someone tagged me

Answer 8

just one sec i'll help u out

Answer 9

ok so for part A, your equation is almost correct... you just want to have the variable "y" in for the miles since you dont need to solve it yet - thats the next step. The equation should look like this:
55x + 0.45y = 2335

Answer 10

ok

Answer 11

what about the 300 miles

Answer 12

And part B is perfect - nice work!

Answer 13

the 300 for the miles (300=y) is correct as well. You may want to write 300=y next to the equation at the beginning of Part B.

Answer 14

For part C, just mention something like x=days on the trip=40. Otherwise, perfect as well.

Answer 15

do you have any other questions?

Answer 16

what about the proporties

Answer 17

so for that it just means like what property you used...
you can go to this link for the properties:
http://hotmath.com/hotmath_help/topics/properties-of-equality.html

Answer 18

From
55 x + 0.45 (300) = 2335
I got x = 40 days

Answer 19

@robtobey2 can you help 11study11 with the properties? I gave a link although am not quite sure what would go for each step. But what it seems her(?) teacher is requesting is for a different property of equality for each step.