SOLUTION: mike rents a car for a total of £445. The rental charges are £145 for the first day and £60 per day after that. For how many days did Mike rent the car?
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Question 1097327: mike rents a car for a total of £445. The rental charges are £145 for the first day and £60 per day after that. For how many days did Mike rent the car? Answer by greenestamps(13203) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Using formal algebra, let d be the total number of days; then (d-1) is the number of days after the first day. Then
That should be an easy equation to solve.
You should also practice trying to solve the problem by logical analysis, perhaps to see if the answer you get using algebra is correct.
The first day costs £145. If the total cost was £445, how much is left after that first day?
Then if each additional day costs £60, how many additional days can he rent the car for with the amount that is left?
And so how many days total is that?
