Ann Carlyle is planning a business trip for which she needs to rent a car. The car rental company charges $36 per day plus $0.50 per mile over 100miles. Suppose Ms. Carlyle rents the car for 5 days and drives 180. Write an expression for how much it will cost ms. carlyle to rent the car.

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Kiley Dixon

12 February, 18:28

Ann Carlyle is planning a business trip for which she needs to rent a car. The car rental company charges $36 per day plus $0.50 per mile over 100miles. Suppose Ms. Carlyle rents the car for 5 days and drives 180. Write an expression for how much it will cost ms. carlyle to rent the car.

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Marcelo Murray · Answer 1

Ann rents the car for five days, so this cost is $36*5=$180. In addition, she drives 180-100=80 miles over 100 miles. This adds 80*$0.50=$40 to the cost. Thus, the final cost is $180+$40=$220.