Natalie and her partner have just returned home from a holiday in Scotland. For the holiday they hired a motorhome. The cost to hire the motorhome was as follows.
Motorhome hire for the first day £130
Each extra day costs £90
Each mile travelled costs 60p
Natalie travelled 560 miles.
The total cost of hiring the motorhome was £916.
Calculate how many days Natalie hired the motorhome for.
Answer:
First work out the charge Natalie paid for the number of miles travelled by doing her number of miles travelled times the charge she has to pay per mile.
Therefore, 560 x 60 = 33600p
33600p = £336
Therefore, we know Natalie paid £336 from the miles travelled and paid £130 for her first day
Therefore, we know she paid a total of £466
Since his total cost was £916 we can do £916 – £466 = £450
Therefore, her total cost based on the number of days was £450
Therefore, we can divide that by £90 to find out the number of days
Therefore, Natalie had the motorhome for 5 extra days
Therefore, the total number of days was 6.