SOLUTION: A car rental company charges a daily rate of $35 plus $0.30 per mile for a certain car. Suppose that you rent that car for a day and your bill (before taxes) is $158. H
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Question 1144352: A car rental company charges a daily rate of $35 plus $0.30 per mile for a certain car. Suppose that you rent that car for a day and your bill (before taxes) is $158. How many miles did you drive?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, ikleyn:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A car rental company charges a daily rate of $35 plus $0.30 per mile for a certain car. Suppose that you rent that car for a day and your bill (before taxes) is $158. How many miles did you drive?
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Subtract the daily charge from the overall charge.
The difference is the charge for mileage.
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Always get unlimited mileage.
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We rented a Lincoln in BWI in drove it 1100 miles in 5 days. The guy at the place where we returned assumed it was a mistake and put 100 miles on the paperwork. Not that it affected the overall charge.
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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As Alan just explained it to you in his post, the problem can be solved in one line :
miles = .
It is how any similar problem should be solved: in one line.
And you should clearly understand, why this method works.
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