Question
The cost of renting a car is $60 per day plus a one-time fee of $20 for insurance. How many days can the car be rented if the total cost is to be no more than $560?
Write an inequality to represent the situation. Use x to represent the number of days.
Write an inequality to represent the situation. Use x to represent the number of days.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To represent the situation with an inequality, first, we need to consider the costs involved. The cost of renting the car is $60 per day, and there is a one-time fee of $20 for insurance. If \( x \) represents the number of days the car is rented, we can express the total cost as follows:
\[
\text{Total cost} = \text{daily cost} \times \text{number of days} + \text{insurance fee}
\]
\[
\text{Total cost} = 60x + 20
\]
We want the total cost to be no more than $560, which gives us the inequality:
\[
60x + 20 \leq 560
\]
This is the inequality that represents the situation.
\[
\text{Total cost} = \text{daily cost} \times \text{number of days} + \text{insurance fee}
\]
\[
\text{Total cost} = 60x + 20
\]
We want the total cost to be no more than $560, which gives us the inequality:
\[
60x + 20 \leq 560
\]
This is the inequality that represents the situation.