SOLUTION: Joan rented the same car model twice from Hertz, which rents this car model daily fee plus additional charge per mile driven. Joan recalls that the car rented for 5 days and driven

Question 664892: Joan rented the same car model twice from Hertz, which rents this car model daily fee plus additional charge per mile driven. Joan recalls that the car rented for 5 days and driven for 300 miles cost 178, while the same model car rented for 4 days and driven for 500 miles cost 197. Find the daily fee and find the milage charge.
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the daily fee be represented by d and the cost per mile by m

You can solve by substitution if you want too. But let's use a different method.
Take the first equation and multiply it by 4 to get

Now take the second equation and multiply that one by 5 to get

Now subtract the first modified one from the second modified one as follows

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Solve for m

or 21 cents a mile
Use m in either of the original equations to find d. You take it in from here :)

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