A General Motors buyer-incentive program offered a 5.5% rebate on the selling price of a new car. This means that if the selling price of the new car is $x, the rebate (in dollars) that a customer would receive is
5.5/100 × x = 0.055 × x = 0.055x
Therefore, for a customer who purchased a $30,500 car under this program, the rebate that he would receive is
