SOLUTION: a car rental agency advertised renting a luxury, full size car for $29.95 per day and $0.29 per mile. if you rent this car for 2 days, how many whole miles can you drive if you onl

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Question 203296: a car rental agency advertised renting a luxury, full size car for $29.95 per day and $0.29 per mile. if you rent this car for 2 days, how many whole miles can you drive if you only have $200 to spend?
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
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Set up the equation for the cost of the rental.
C+=+%2829.95%29%2Ad+%2B+%280.29%29%2Am where d = number of days rented and m = number of miles driven.
Substitute C = $200.00 and d = 2 days.
200+=+%2829.95%29%282%29%2B%280.29%29%28m%29 Simplify.
200+=+59.90%2B%280.29%29m Subtract 59.90 from both sides.
140.10+=+%280.29%29m Divide both sides by 0.29
m+=+483.10344
You can drive for 483 miles.