Val rented a bicycle while she was on vacation. she paid a flat rental fee of $55.00,plus $8.50 each day. the total cost $123.write an equation you can use to find the number of days she rented the bicycle.

Hence the equation is .

Val has rented the bicycle for 8 days.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given,

The total cost for rent a bicycle = $123

Fixed rental fee = $55

Charge of 1 day = $8.50

Solution,

Let the total number of days Val rented the bicycle be 'x'.

The total cost for rent a bicycle is the sum of fixed rental fee and charge of 1 day multiplied with  total number of days.

Now framing the above sentence in equation form, we get;

The total cost for rent a bicycle = Fixed rental fee + Charge of 1 day × total number of days

On putting the given values, we get;

So the equation can be written as;

Now we solve the expression for calculating total number of days, we get;

Hence the equation is .

Thus Val has rented the bicycle for 8 days.

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