Question

A car rental company charges $100 plus $0.25 per mile driven. Tyreek has a budget of $200 for his rental car. He wrote the equation 25x−100=200 to figure out how many miles, x, he can drive in order to not go over his budget. In 1 or 2 sentences, explain the error Tyreek made and then write a correct equation. (2 points)

Answer 1

Tyreek made an error by incorrectly setting up the equation; he should have subtracted the fixed cost of $100 from his total budget of $200 to determine how much he can spend on miles. The correct equation is \( 100 + 0.25x \leq 200 \).