SOLUTION: Suppose that a car rental agency charges a fixed amount per day plus an amount per mile for renting a car. Heidi rented a car one day and paid $50 for 200 miles. On another day she

Question 1148939: Suppose that a car rental agency charges a fixed amount per day plus an amount per mile for renting a car. Heidi rented a car one day and paid $50 for 200 miles. On another day she rented a car from the same agency and paid $74 for 360 miles. Find the linear function f(x) (where x is in miles and f(x) is in dollars) that the agency could use to determine its daily rental charges.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You are given the points:
( 200, 50 )
( 360, 74 )
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Use the general point-slope formula

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check:
( 200, 50 )

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( 360, 74 )

OK
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