SOLUTION: A car rental company charges $25 a day plus $.10 a mile. If I rented a car for 3 days and was charged $105. For how many miles did I get Charged? If I actually drove the car 250 mi

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Question 105509: A car rental company charges $25 a day plus $.10 a mile. If I rented a car for 3 days and was charged $105. For how many miles did I get Charged? If I actually drove the car 250 miles, did I get charged the right amount.
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A car rental company charges $25 a day plus $.10 a mile. If I rented a car for 3 days and was charged $105. For how many miles did I get Charged? If I actually drove the car 250 miles, did I get charged the right amount.
3(25)+.1(250)=
75+25=100
So you were overcharged $5
75+.1x=105
.1x=30
x=300
you were charged for 300 miles
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