Question

A car rental agency charges Yolanda $25.00 plus $0.10 per mile that the car is driven Yolanda wants to spend less than $55 on the car rental. How many miles can she drive the rental car to get it in her budget?

Answer 1

Hello!

Let's subtract the $25 because she's paying that no matter what:

55 - 25 = 30

Now, divide that by the cost per mile:

30 / 0.10 = 300

We can double check using multiplication:

0.10 × 300 = 30

Yolanda can drive less than 300 miles within her budget.

Answer 2

Start by finding an equation with what is given in the question
y=0.1x+25
Sub in 54.99 for y and solve for x
54.99=0.1x=25
54.99-25=0.1x
29.99=0.1x
29.99/0.1=x
x=299.9 miles or less than 300 miles
Therefore Yolanda (what kind of name is that?!) must drive less than 300 miles in order to get to her budget.
hope this helps!