Amanda can spend no more than $85 to rent a car for day trip. A rental car cost 35 per day plus $20 per mile. Write and solve an inequality to find the possible distance in miles and the Amelia can drive without exceeding her budget

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Amani Cantrell

19 May, 09:21

Amanda can spend no more than $85 to rent a car for day trip. A rental car cost 35 per day plus $20 per mile. Write and solve an inequality to find the possible distance in miles and the Amelia can drive without exceeding her budget

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Kamari Stein · Answer 1

Answer: 2miles / 2.5miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

If rentals for a car costs $35

subtracting this $35 from budget of $85 gives us

$85-$35 = $50

By travelling one mile, we subtract $20, we're then left with

$50 - $20 = $30.

By travelling another mile, we subtract another $20, which gives

$30-$20 = $10.

Since this $10 is not enough to cater for another mile, the maxmimum number of miles is 2miles.

But if allowed in halves, the $10 can cover half a mile and the longest possible distance she can travel is 2.5miles