SOLUTION: Your office needs to deliver products to various sites in your town. You can hire a firm to make those deliveries for $200 per month plus mileage of 50 cents per mile based on an a

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Question 1046981: Your office needs to deliver products to various sites in your town. You can hire a firm to make those deliveries for $200 per month plus mileage of 50 cents per mile based on an average of 1200 miles per month. Or you can lease a truck for $350 per month and pay the related expenses. You estimate that the related expenses for gas, insurance and other are $480 per month.
Answer by jorel555(1290)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
200+.5(1200)=200+600=$800/month
350+480=$830/month
The first option is cheaper. ☺☺☺☺

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