to rent a car you need to pay a flat fee plus $0.20 for each mile that you drive. which equation could be used to solve for the price of the initial fee if the total cost of a rental was $60 when the car was driven 40 miles?
Let x be the flat fee.
The total cost of the rental, y, can be represented by the equation:
y = x + 0.20(40)
Since the total cost of the rental is $60, we can set y = 60:
60 = x + 0.20(40)
Simplifying the equation:
60 = x + 8
Subtracting 8 from both sides:
52 = x
Therefore, the equation to solve for the price of the initial fee is x = 52.