Car rental

Question

A car rental agency advertised renting a car for $24.95 per day and $0.34 per mile. If Kevin rents a car for 3 days, how many whole miles can he drive on a $150 budget? 

Answer 1

Since Kevin will rent the car for 3 days, the cost for the car rental will be 3 times $24.95 which equals $74.85.

Since his budget is $150, he has $150 - $74.85 = $75.15 left to spend on the mileage.

Since each mile costs $0.34, determine the total miles by dividing $75.15 by the cost per mile as follows:

$75.15 / ($0.34/mile) =  221.03 miles.

Thus, Kevin can travel 221 miles.