SOLUTION: Jane is going to rent a truck for one day. There are two companies she can choose from, and they have the following prices. Company A charges $73 and allows unlimited mileage.

Question 1014584: Jane is going to rent a truck for one day. There are two companies she can choose from, and they have the following prices.
Company A charges
$73
and allows unlimited mileage.
Company B has an initial fee of
$55
and charges an additional 73
$0.90
for every mile driven.
For what mileages will Company A charge less than Company B?
Use
m
for the number of miles driven, and solve your inequality for
m
.
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What you are saying is that you would like to know when:
55+0.90m > 73 Subtract 55 from both sides:
0.90m > 18 divide both sides by 0.90
m > 20 You must drive less than miles for company A to be cheaper (at exactly 20 miles they are both the same; at over 20 miles B is cheaper)
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