SOLUTION: Nicole will rent a car for the weekend. she can choose one of two plans. The first plan has an initial fee of $70 and costs an additional $0.70 per mile driven. The second plan has
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Question 1012200: Nicole will rent a car for the weekend. she can choose one of two plans. The first plan has an initial fee of $70 and costs an additional $0.70 per mile driven. The second plan has no initial fee but costs $0.90 per mile driven. How many miles would Nicole need to drive for the two plans to cost the same?
Found 2 solutions by solver91311, macston:
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How many miles at twenty cents per mile (the difference in the two mileage rates) would it take to equal the $70 initial fee for the first plan?
In other words,
Solve for 
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
m=miles for same cost
.
Plan A=$70+$0.70m
Plan B=$0.90m
.
Plan A=Plan B
$70+$0.70m=$0.90m
$70=$0.20m
350=m
ANSWER: The two plans would cost the same if
Nicole drove 350 miles.
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