SOLUTION: Acme Car rental agency charges $4 a day plus $0.15 per mile. Interstate rental agency charges $20 a day and $0.05 per mile. For how many miles of driving in a day will the costs

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Question 990616: Acme Car rental agency charges $4 a day plus $0.15 per mile. Interstate rental agency charges $20 a day and $0.05 per mile. For how many miles of driving in a day will the costs for the two rentals be the same?
Answer by macston(5194)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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m=number of miles
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$4+$0.15m=$20+$0.05m
$0.10m=$16
m=160
ANSWER: The two rentals cost the same at 160 miles per day.

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