SOLUTION: 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 wa

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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?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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Write equation as you read the problem

    5*70 + 0.2*m = 399  dollars.


Simplify and find "m", the miles

    350 + 0.2m = 399

    0.2m = 399 - 350

    0.2m = 49

       m = 49%2F0.2 = 490%2F2 = 245.


ANSWER.  245 miles.

Solved.