SOLUTION: One car rental company charges $30 per day plus $0.25 per mile driven. A second company charges $40 per day plus $0.10 per mile driven. How many miles must you drive for a one-day
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Question 1102832: One car rental company charges $30 per day plus $0.25 per mile driven. A second company charges $40 per day plus $0.10 per mile driven. How many miles must you drive for a one-day rental at the second company to be less expensive than the same rental at the first company? Write an inequality to solve.
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let d be miles driven. Then:
30+0.25d>40+0.1d
.15d>10
d>66.66667
You must drive at least 66&2/3 miles before the second company is cheaper
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