SOLUTION: A cab company charges a $2.60 fee + $2.25 per mile for each ride. It costs a total of $60 per day to rent a car. Write an algebraic equation that models the cost of a cab ri

Question 1068161: A cab company charges a $2.60 fee + $2.25 per mile for each ride. It costs a total of $60 per day to rent a car.
Write an algebraic equation that models the cost of a cab ride.
If you are only going to the airport and back, how many miles from the airport would you need to be to make the car rental the better value?

Found 2 solutions by stanbon, MathTherapy:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A cab company charges a $2.60 fee + $2.25 per mile for each ride.
It costs a total of $60 per day to rent a car.
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Write an algebraic equation that models the cost of a cab ride.
C(x) = 2.6 + 2.25x where x is the number of cab miles and C(x) is in dollars.
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If you are only going to the airport and back, how many miles from the airport would you need to be to make the car rental the better value?
Solve:
2.6 + 2.25x = 60
2.25x = 57.4
x = 25.5 miles
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A cab company charges a $2.60 fee + $2.25 per mile for each ride. It costs a total of $60 per day to rent a car.
Write an algebraic equation that models the cost of a cab ride.
If you are only going to the airport and back, how many miles from the airport would you need to be to make the car rental the better value?

With C being cost, and d, distance, in miles, we get:
For a better deal, miles from airport, or:
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