Question

Omar rented a truck for one day. There was a base fee of $19.95, and there was an additional charge of 74 cents for each mile driven. Omar had to pay$113.93 when he returned the truck. For how many miles did he drive the truck?

Answer 1

Data:

Base fee: $19.95

+1 mile: $0.74

Total pay: $113.93

To find the number of miles that Omar drive the truck:

1. You substract the base fee to the total pay:

$113.93-19.95=93.98$

2. As each mile add to the total pay $0.74. You divide the result of the step 1 into 0.74 to get the number of miles that Omar drove:

$\frac{93.98}{0.74}=127$The number of miles that Omar drove the truck is 127miles