Alice needs to rent a car while on vacation. The rental company charges $17.95, plus 15 cents for each mile driven. If Alice only has $40 to spend on the car rental, what is the maximum number of miles she can drive?

Alice can drive 147 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

At first you subtract $17.95 from $40.

Then you are left with $22.05

Finally, you divide $22.05 by $0.15

And you get 147, so she can drive 147 miles without going over her limit.

step-by-step explanation:

x = ±sqrt(10)

step-by-step explanation:

5 - 2x² = -15

subtract 5 from each side

5-5 - 2x² = -15-5

-2x^2   = -20

divide by -2 on each side

-2x^2   /-2= -20/-2

x^2 =10

take the square root on each side

sqrt(x^2 )=±sqrt(10)

x = ±sqrt(10)

check:

5 - 2x² = -15

+sqrt(10)

5 - 2(sqrt(10))² = -15

5 -2(10) = -15

5 -20 = -15

-15 = -15

-sqrt(10)

5 - 2(-sqrt(10))² = -15

5 -2(10) = -15

5 -20 = -15

-15 = -15