SOLUTION: A-1 Taxi charges $12.00 for pick up and an additional $0.15 for each mile traveled. Z-6 Taxi charges $10.00 for pick up and an additional $0.25 for each mile traveled. At what mile
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Question 1161957: A-1 Taxi charges $12.00 for pick up and an additional $0.15 for each mile traveled. Z-6 Taxi charges $10.00 for pick up and an additional $0.25 for each mile traveled. At what mileage is the cost for both taxi services the same?
Found 2 solutions by solver91311, greenestamps:
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the equilibrium mileage.
Solve for
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
Answer by greenestamps(13203) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Informally, if a formal algebraic solution is not required....
The difference in the pickup charge is two dollars; the difference in the per-mile charge is ten cents.
It takes 20 times 10 cents to make 2 dollars, so the number of miles for which the costs for both taxi services are the same is 20.
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