SOLUTION: Sam needs to rent a car for his upcoming trip. CheapWheels charges $20.25 per day plus $.14 a mile. Easy Rider charges $18.25 a day plus $.22 a mile. San plans to do a lot of drivi
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Question 580730: Sam needs to rent a car for his upcoming trip. CheapWheels charges $20.25 per day plus $.14 a mile. Easy Rider charges $18.25 a day plus $.22 a mile. San plans to do a lot of driving on his 3-day trip.Which company should Sam go with? Explain your choice.
Does the difference in cost go up or down as mileage increases? Support your answer.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Sam needs to rent a car for his upcoming trip. CheapWheels charges $20.25 per day plus $.14 a mile. Easy Rider charges $18.25 a day plus $.22 a mile. San plans to do a lot of driving on his 3-day trip.Which company should Sam go with? Explain your choice.
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CW = 20.25d + 0.14m
ER = 18.25d + 0.22m
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Cost for a 3 day trip:
CW: 20.25*3+ 0.14m = 60.75 + 0.14m
ER: 18.25*3+ 0.22m = 54.75 + 0.22m
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San plans to do a lot of driving on his 3-day trip. Which company should Sam go with? Explain your choice.
Go with CW as their milage rate is 8 cents lower than ER's.
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Does the difference in cost go up or down as mileage increases? Support your answer.
The difference decreases till the 8 cent per mile difference
is greater than the $6.00 fixed cost difference for CW
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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