Problema Solution

It costs $50 a day plus $.75 per mile to rent a car. Write an equation showing the relationship between the cost of renting a car for one day (y) and the number of miles it was driven (x).

Answer provided by our tutors

if x is the miles and y the cost for one day, then

Cost   C = y + 0.75x

since we know that y=50,

C = 50 + 0.75x