SOLUTION: dave plans to rent a 14-foot truck for a two day move.At truck rental agency A,Dave can rent a truck for $29.95 per day plus $.99 per mile driven.At truck rental agency B,Dave can
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: dave plans to rent a 14-foot truck for a two day move.At truck rental agency A,Dave can rent a truck for $29.95 per day plus $.99 per mile driven.At truck rental agency B,Dave can rent a truck for $50 per day plus $.49 per mile driven.After how many miles driven is the rental cost of the truck the same at both agencies?
This question is from textbook allgebra1
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
agency A's Cost would be C=29.95+.99(x) where x is the number of miles driven.
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agency B's Cost would be C=50+.49(x).
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in order to find out at how many miles that these two agencies costs are equal. we set the two equation equal to each other
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29.95+.99x=50+.49x
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.5x=20.05.....combining like terms
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miles driven
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