SOLUTION: The cost of renting a car is $35/wk plus $0.25/mi traveled during that week. An equation to represent the cost would be y = 35 + 0.25x, where x is the number of miles traveled.

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Question 1064629: The cost of renting a car is $35/wk plus $0.25/mi traveled during that week. An equation to represent the cost would be
y = 35 + 0.25x, where x is the number of miles traveled.
If your cost was $51.25, how many miles were you charged for traveling?
_________ mi


Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
51.25 = 35 + 0.25x
Solve for x.

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