a car rents for $30 per day plus 23 cents per mile . You are on a daily budget of $76. What milieage will allow you to stay whithin your budget?

2 answers

solve for x

23x + 3000 = 7600
The equation for the daily cost is

rate (in USD) = 0.23 x miles + 30

so if you have 76 USD to spend then

76 = 0.23 x miles + 30

solve for miles