SOLUTION: John rented a car for $18 plus $0.10 per Km. George also rented a car for $25 plus $0.05 per Km. If each drove x km and each was charged exactly the same amount for the rental, the

SOLUTION: John rented a car for $18 plus $0.10 per Km. George also rented a car for $25 plus $0.05 per Km. If each drove x km and each was charged exactly the same amount for the rental, the

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Question 998507: John rented a car for $18 plus $0.10 per Km. George also rented a car for $25 plus $0.05 per Km. If each drove x km and each was charged exactly the same amount for the rental, then x equals.
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Your task is to find x when their charges are set equal, so...
18 + .10x = 25 + .05x
Collect like terms and get
.05x = 7
Divide by .05 and get
x = 140 km driven
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