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)
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)
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Tyreek incorrectly wrote the equation by not properly accounting for his total budget; instead, he should be calculating the total cost to equal his budget, not subtracting it. The correct equation is \( 100 + 0.25x = 200 \).