SOLUTION: You lose your electronic tag that you use to pay tolls on the highway in your city. It costs you $24 to replace the tag. The cost of one toll when you don't use the tag is $3. T

Question 358330: You lose your electronic tag that you use to pay tolls on the highway in your city. It costs you $24 to replace the tag. The cost of one toll when you don't use the tag is $3. The cost of the same toll when you do use the tag is $1.50. How many times will you have to use the tag to pay for the tolls in order for the total cost to be the same as not using the tag?
Answer by user_dude2008(1862) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3x=1.5x+24

3x-1.5x=24

1.5x=24

x=16

Answer: 16 times
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