Ahome improvement store rents it’s delivery truck for $19 for the first 75 minutes and $4.75 for each additional 1/4 hour. if a customer rented the truck at 11: 10 am and returned the truck at 1: 40 pm the same day, what would his rental cost be?

$42.75

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: A home improvement store rents it’s delivery truck for $19 for the first 75 minutes and $4.75 for each additional 1/4 hour.

Since, 1 hour = 60 minutes

1/4 hour =  

If a customer rented the truck at 11:10 am and returned the truck at 1:40 pm the same day, what would his rental cost be

Time taken = 150 minutes

Since charge for first 75 minutes is fixed and charge of $4.75 for each additional 1/4 hour (15 minutes) is given by

The additional charge =

answer: 59

step-by-step explanation:

let x and 400 - x be the two numbers.  

==> 0.80x + 0.85(400 - x) = 400 - 68 from the statement of the problem.  

< ==> 0.80x + 0.85(400 - x) = 400 - 68  

==> 340 - 0.05x = 332  

< ==> -0.05x = -8 ==> x = 160, the first number ==> 400 - x = 240, the second number.