SOLUTION: A rental car agency charges $15 dollars per day plus 11 cents per mile to rent a certain car. Another agency charges $18 per day plus 8 cents per mile to rent the same car. How man

Question 440467: A rental car agency charges $15 dollars per day plus 11 cents per mile to rent a certain car. Another agency charges $18 per day plus 8 cents per mile to rent the same car. How many miles will have to be driven for the cost of a car from the first agency to equal the cost of a car from the second agency? Express the problems as a system of linear equations.
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
15+.11x=18+.08x
.03x=3
x=3/.03=100
You'd have to drive the car from the first agency 100 miles to equal the second agencie's rental.
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