Danny rented a truck for one day. There was a base fee of $15.99, and there was an additional charge of 92 cents for each mile driven. Danny had to pay $194.47 when he returned the truck. For how many miles did he drive the truck? Write and solve an equation to find the answer.

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Answer:

194 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

The base fee of $15.99 is going to have to be paid, whether any miles are put on the truck or not. Ā If the number of miles driven is our unknown, if we rent the truck for the base fee of $15.99 and drive it 0 miles, we still have to pay the $15.99. Ā If we do drive it and we have to pay .92 a mile, the expression for that is .92x, where x is the number of miles driven (it is also the variable we are solving for!). Ā The expression for this total cost is .92x + 15.99, and since we paid a total of $194.47, we set our cost equation equal to that number and solve for x:

.92x + 15.99 = 194.47 and

.92x = 178.48 so

x = 194 miles driven