Question

john rented a truck for a week to move across the country to his new home. the truck rental company charged $20.75 per day and an additional $0.25 for each mile the truck was driven. the graph shows the daily charge for the rental. which is closest to the amount of money john spent on the truck rental for the week? $226.25 $382.25 $381.25 $295.25 question help: message instructor

Explanation:

Step1: Determine daily base - charge

The daily base - charge is $20.75$. For a 5 - day week (assuming the graph represents 5 days: M, T, W, TH, F), the total base - charge for the week is $20.75\times5$.
$20.75\times5 = 103.75$

Step2: Estimate total mileage - related charge from the graph

Estimate the height of each bar in the graph (daily charge above the base - charge) and sum them up. Let's assume the additional amounts above the base - charge for each day are approximately:
Monday: $60 - 20.75=39.25$
Tuesday: $80 - 20.75 = 59.25$
Wednesday: $30 - 20.75 = 9.25$
Thursday: $50 - 20.75 = 29.25$
Friday: $40 - 20.75 = 19.25$
The sum of these additional amounts is $39.25+59.25 + 9.25+29.25+19.25=156.25$

The total charge for mileage for the week is related to these additional amounts. Since each mile costs $0.25$, we need to find out the total number of miles and then the total mileage charge. But we can also just sum up these additional amounts as they represent the total extra cost due to mileage for the week.

Step3: Calculate total rental cost

The total rental cost for the week is the sum of the total base - charge and the total mileage - related charge.
Total cost=$103.75 + 156.25\times4$ (assuming the additional amounts are for 4 times the mileage cost as we already accounted for the base - charge separately).
First, calculate $156.25\times4 = 625$. Then $103.75+625=382.25$

Answer:

$382.25$