SOLUTION: U-Save Rental Car company rents vans at a daily rate of $65 plus 26 cents per mile. Sharon rents a van to deliver flowers to her customers, and she has a daily budget of $83.
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Question 1203515: U-Save Rental Car company rents vans at a daily rate of $65 plus 26 cents per mile. Sharon rents a van to deliver flowers to her customers, and she has a daily budget of $83.
To stay within her budget, what is the maximum number of miles she can drive in a day? Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:Answer by ikleyn(52769) (Show Source):
Write an equation
65 + 0.26*m = 83 dollars,
where "m" means miles; then solve it
0.26m = 83 - 65 = 18,
m = 18/0.26 = 69.23 miles. ANSWER
Or solve it in one single line
m = = = 69.23 miles
and get the same answer.
Probably, they want you round 69.23 to 69 miles.
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