Question

When Louisa rented a moving truck, she agreed to pay $28 per day plus $0.42 per mile. If she kept the truck 3 days and the rental charges (without tax) were $153.72, how many miles did Louisa drive the truck?
a.
339 miles
b.
340 miles
c.
166 miles
d.
16.6 miles


Please select the best answer from the choices provided

A
B
C
D

Answer 1

Very simple to solve


Let focus on this part "$28 per day plus $0.42 per mile. If she kept the truck 3 days "

I'd say first u wanna (Multiply) (28) by (3)


\[28\times3=84\]

Now as we can see it states "rental charges (without tax) were $153.72, how many miles did Louisa drive the truck"

U wanna (Subtract) (84) from (153.72)


\[153.72-84=69.72\]

As we can see were trying to find how many miles she can drive the truck.



" per day plus $0.42 per mile. "

U want to (Divide) (69.72) by (0.42)


\[69.72\div0.42=166 \]

So she can drive (166) miles.

(Sorry that this took a while)

Answer 2

Do u understand?

Answer 3

@vxpered ?