You are renting a moving truck for a day. There is a daily fee of $20 and a charge of $0.75 per mile. Your budget alloes a maximum total cost of $65. Write and solve an inequality that represents the number of miles you can drive a truck

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Jordyn

5 August, 08:00

You are renting a moving truck for a day. There is a daily fee of $20 and a charge of $0.75 per mile. Your budget alloes a maximum total cost of $65. Write and solve an inequality that represents the number of miles you can drive a truck

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Vanessa Golden · Answer 1

The total payment per day $20 + $0.75 = $20.75

20.75n≤65 where n - the number ofmiles

n≤65 / 20.75

n ≤ 3 + R where 0 < R < 1

So we can drive maximum 3 miles on the truck (because n - integer)