Deon rented a truck for one day there was a base fee of $20.99, and there was an additional charge of 88 cents for each mile driven deon had to pay 169.71 when he returned the truck for how many miles did he drive the truck

Dion drove the truck for 168 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

x = each mile driven

169.71 = total price paid

20.99 = base fee

20.99 + .88x = 169.71

.88x = 148.01

x= 168 miles

for this case we must apply distributive property to the following expression:

the distributive property states that:

then, when applying the property we have to multiply the -2 for each term within the parenthesis: