SOLUTION: Jim will rent a car for the weekend. He can choose one of two plans. The first plan has an initial fee of $48 and costs an additional $0.16 per mile driven. The second plan

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Question 1104347: Jim will rent a car for the weekend. He can choose one of two plans. The first plan has an initial fee of
$48
and costs an additional
$0.16
per mile driven. The second plan has an initial fee of
$53
and costs an additional
$0.11
per mile driven.
miles:
$:

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Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, number of miles driven

First Plan


Second Plan


A good question to be able to answer is, for how many miles driven will the two plans be the same cost?

Solve this equation.

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