Question

Frank rented a truck for one day. There was a base fee of $16.99, and there was an additional charge of 76 cents for each mile driven Frank had to pay
$228.27 when he returned the truck. For how many miles did he drive the truck?
miles

Answer 1

Answer:

267

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer: He drove the truck for 278 miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

We can represent the situation by the equation,  16.99 + 0.76x = 228.27  where x is the number of miles.  16.99 is the base fee an 0.76 is the same as 76 cents .  

Solve for x in the equation to find out how many miles was driven.

16.99 + 0.76x = 228.27

-16.99                -16.99

0.76x = 211.28

x= 278