The cost of renting a car is $42/week plus $0.25/mile traveled during that week. An equation to represent the cost would be y=42+0.25x where xx is the number of miles traveled.   a.What is your cost if you travel 52 miles? b.If your cost was $60.75, how many miles were you charged for traveling? c.Suppose you have a maximum of $100 to spend for the car rental. What would be the maximum number of miles you could travel?

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The cost of renting a car is $42/week plus $0.25/mile traveled during that week. An equation to represent the cost would be y=42+0.25x where xx is the number of miles traveled.

 

a.What is your cost if you travel 52 miles?

b.If your cost was $60.75, how many miles were you charged for traveling?

c.Suppose you have a maximum of $100 to spend for the car rental. What would be the maximum number of miles you could travel?

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