We need to find an equation that represents the total rent, we proceed
[tex]y=\frac{36\text{dollars}}{5\text{day}}x[/tex]simplifying
[tex]y=7.2x[/tex]We use the fact that the cost of 5 days is equal to 36 dollars, which helped us find the rate of money per day. If x is the number of days then the price to pay for renting "x" days is the product of "x" by the rate