SOLUTION: Not thrifty car rental agency rents a min-van for $89 a day also charges $0.45 for each mile the vehicle is driven. a) Write an equation to describe the total cost of renting a

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Question 901726: Not thrifty car rental agency rents a min-van for $89 a day also charges $0.45 for each mile the vehicle is driven.
a) Write an equation to describe the total cost of renting a the mi-van for any combination of days and miles driven.
b) If the total cost was $379.5 and the driven miles was 250, how many days was the min-van rented?
c) If the min-van was rented for five days a d the total cost was $512.5, how many miles was it driven?
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C = $89d + .45m

379.50 = $89d + .45(250), d = %28379.50-.45%28250%29%29%2F89 = 3days

512.5 = 89(5) + .45m, m = %28512.50-5%2A89%29%2F.45 = 150mi