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A car rental agency charges $\$ 15$ per day plus $\$ 0.20$ per mile. If a 3 -day rental cost $\$ 72,$ how many miles were driven?
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The cost is made up of a daily charge and a per mile charge. We can represent this as $15x + 0.20y = 72$, where $x$ is the number of days and $y$ is the number of miles. Show more…
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