SOLUTION: Kaitlin will rent a car for the weekend. She can choose one of two plans. The first plan has no initial fee but costs $0.70 per mile driven. The second plan has an initial fee

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Question 1001778: Kaitlin will rent a car for the weekend. She can choose one of two plans. The first plan has no initial fee but costs
$0.70
per mile driven. The second plan has an initial fee of
$75
and costs an additional
$0.50
per mile driven. How many miles would Kaitlin need to drive for the two plans to cost the same?

Answer by vleith(2983)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The cost on the first rental is 0.7m where m is miles driven
The cost for the second renatl is
To find the break even point




If she is going to drive more than 375 miles, the second option is less expensive.

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