SOLUTION: You contacted two local rental companies and obtained the following information for the one-day cost of renting a truck. Company 1 charges 40.95 per day plus 0.19 per miles. And co
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Question 286255: You contacted two local rental companies and obtained the following information for the one-day cost of renting a truck. Company 1 charges 40.95 per day plus 0.19 per miles. And company 2 charges 19.95 per day plus .49 per mile.
Let (n) represent the total number of miles driving in 1 day
A. Write an equation to determine the total cost of renting a truck for a day from company 1.
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B. Write an equation to determine the total cost of renting a truck for a day from company 2.
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C. Use the results in part a and b to write an inequality that can be used to determine for what number of miles it is less expensive to rent the truck from company 2.
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D. Solve the inequality in part C.
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Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
f=40.95+.19m
s=19.95+.49m
At 70 miles they are equal.
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