To represent the amount Rick owed for renting a car, we need to consider the daily rental cost and the cost per mile driven.
- The car rental company charges $25 per day.
- Additionally, they charge $0.10 (or 10 cents) per mile driven.
If we let \( x \) represent the number of days he rented the car and \( y \) represent the number of miles driven, the total cost can be expressed as:
\[ \text{Total Cost} = (\text{Cost per day} \times \text{Number of days}) + (\text{Cost per mile} \times \text{Number of miles}) \]
Substituting the values, this becomes:
\[ \text{Total Cost} = 25x + 0.1y \]
Thus, the expression that represents the amount he owed on a recent rental is:
A) 25x + 0.1y