Ace Car Rental charges customers $0.18 per mile driven. You picked up a car and the odometer read x miles and brought it back with the odometer reading y miles. Write an algebraic expression for the total cost Ace would charge you for mileage use on a rented car.


Raquel is driving from New York City to Daytona, Florida, a distance of 1,034 miles. How much time is saved by doing the trip at an average speed of 60 mph as compared with 55 mph? Round to the nearest half-hour.


Abby’s car gets approximately 24 miles per gallon. She is planning a 1,200-mile trip. About how many gallons of gas should she plan to buy? At an average price of $4.20 per gallon, how much should she expect to spend for gas?