Rita's company reimburses her expenses on food, lodging, and conveyance during business trips. the company pays $55 a day for food and lodging and $0.45 for each mile traveled. rita drove 300 miles and was reimbursed $2335.

part a: create an equation that will determine the number of days x on the trip (3 points)

part b: solve this equation justifying each step with an algebraic property of equality. (6 points)

part c: how many days did rita spend on this trip? (1 points)

Givens

Notice that the variable must represents the traveled miles, because it variates. So, the expression would be

Where represents the amount of money and represents the number of miles traveled. Notice that $55 is the ratio of change of variable which represents days.

We know that and .

First, we replace the number of miles and the amount of money.

Second, we solve the product.

Third, we subtract 135 at each side of the equation.

Fourth, we divide by 55 each side of the equation.

Therefore, Rita spent 40 days on this trip.

-7/8

step-by-step explanation:

instead of subtracting you add the -6/8 and -1/8