SOLUTION: By taking an airplane one can go from D to H in one hour. The same trip takes five hours by bus. If the air fare is $150 and the bus fare is $50, which would be the cheaper mode
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Question 177212: By taking an airplane one can go from D to H in one hour. The same trip takes five hours by bus. If the air fare is $150 and the bus fare is $50, which would be the cheaper mode of transportation for someone who could earn $10 an hour during this time? For someone who could earn $100 an hour? For someone who could earn $50 an hour? Be sure to give the logic behind your choice.
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Cost of travel by air: where r is the pay rate. Cost of travel by bus: . Just substitute $10, $100, and $50 for r and do the arithmetic. Super double plus extra credit: What value for pay rate would make air travel and bus travel have the same cost? Hint: set the two expressions equal to each other and solve for r
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