SOLUTION: A car rents for 20 dollars a day and 11 cents a mile. If the car is rented for one day only, write a formula for the rental charges in terms of the mileage driven. Graph your equat

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Question 1007133: A car rents for 20 dollars a day and 11 cents a mile. If the car is rented for one day only, write a formula for the rental charges in terms of the mileage driven. Graph your equation.
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Call the cost C (in dollars) and the number of miles driven, m. Then we have
C = .11m + 20
Plot C as your y-axis and m as your x-axis.
Plot the point (0,20) and then go up .11 for each unit to the right.