A Basic Car Rental charges a daily rate of $29 plus $.20 per mile. Suppose that you rent a car for a day and your bill (before taxes) is $79. How many miles did you drive the car?

79 - 29 = 50

50 / 0.2 = ______ miles

0.3333

To find out how many miles you drove the car, we can set up an equation using the given information. Let's say you drove "m" miles.

According to the given information, the base daily rate is $29, and you were charged $79 in total. This means the additional charges for mileage is $79 - $29 = $50.

We also know that the additional charges for mileage is $0.20 per mile. So we can set up the equation:

$0.20 * m = $50

To solve this equation for "m", we divide both sides of the equation by $0.20:

m = $50 / $0.20

m = 250

Therefore, you drove 250 miles in the rented car.