document.write( "Question 1203709: A rental company charges $70 a day and 20 cents a mile for the rental of one of their trucks. A truck was rented for 5 days, and the total rental charge was $399. How many miles was the truck driven?
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document.write( "    5*70 + 0.2*m = 399  dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and find \"m\", the miles\r\n" );
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document.write( "    350 + 0.2m = 399\r\n" );
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document.write( "    0.2m = 399 - 350\r\n" );
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document.write( "    0.2m = 49\r\n" );
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document.write( "       m =  =  = 245.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  245 miles.\r\n" );
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