SOLUTION: A real estate company has a fleet of cars. The annual operating cost per car is C = 0.2m + 1200, where m represents the number of miles traveled per year. Find the maximum number o

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Question 980963: A real estate company has a fleet of cars. The annual operating cost per car is C = 0.2m + 1200, where m represents the number of miles traveled per year. Find the maximum number of miles that each car can travel per year to yield an operating cost of no more than $5000 per vehicle
Answer by macston(5194)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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0.2m+1200<5000
0.2m<3800
m<19000
ANSWER: For an operating cost of less than $5000, the car must travel less than 19000 miles.

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