SOLUTION: You will need to rent a rug cleaner. company A will rent the machine you need for $22 plus $6 per hour. Company B will rent the same machine for $28 plus $4 dollars per hour. After

Question 1152019: You will need to rent a rug cleaner. company A will rent the machine you need for $22 plus $6 per hour. Company B will rent the same machine for $28 plus $4 dollars per hour. After how many hours of use will the total amount spent at each company be the same? What will be the total amount spent at each company.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39631) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
for x hours of usage

3 hours, they would be equal cost.

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A little more detail

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company A will rent the machine you need for $22 plus $6 per hour.
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If cost is A, then description is simple linear equation .

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Company B will rent the same machine for $28 plus $4 dollars per hour.
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If cost is B, then rent will cost , as a simple linear equation.

For how many hours, x, will both A and B be the same?

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