The cost of renting a backhoe for up to 10 days is $270 for the first day and $135 for each additional day. Which of the following equations gives the cost $y$, in dollars, of renting the backhoe for $x$ days, where $x$ is a positive integer and $x\leq 10$?

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Mashaal Masha

Mar 20, 2024

The cost of renting a backhoe for up to $10$ days is $\$270$ for the first day and $\$135$ for each additional day. Which of the following equations gives the cost $y$, in dollars, of renting the backhoe for $x$ days, where $x$ is a positive integer and $x\leq 10$?

Difficulty: Hard

A:

$y=270x-135$

B:

$y=270x+135$

C:

$y=135x+270$

D:

$y=135x+135$

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