document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=142439>Question 142439</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321206002/algebrahomeworkh>Survey of Math w/ Apllications</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need to translate this into an equation and solve it showing all of my work and I do not know how\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Car rental agency A will rent a compact car for $35 per day and an additional charge of $0.24 per mile. Car rental agency B will charge only $0.16 per mile but charges $41 per day. If Adam wanted to rent a car for three days, how many miles would Adam have to drive to make car rental agency B a better bargain?  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #103672 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><B>checkley77(12844)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=103672\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A=3*35+.24X (RED LINE)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B=3*41+.16X (GREEN LINE)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3*41+.16X<=3*35+.24X<BR>\n" );
document.write( "123+.16X<=105+.24X<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".16X-.24X<=105-123<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-.08X<=-18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X>=-18/-.08 [DIVIDING BY A MINUS NUMBER CHANGES THE < SIGN TO THE > SIGN]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X>=225 MILES WILL MAKE BOTH RENTALS COST THE SAME.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "THEREFORE ANY MILEAGE MORE THAN 225 MILES MAKES PLAN B A BETTER BUY.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+graph%28+300%2C+300%2C+-36%2C+280%2C+-10%2C+200%2C+.24x+%2B105%2C+.16x+%2B123%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+graph%28+300%2C+300%2C+-36%2C+280%2C+-10%2C+200%2C+.24x+%2B105%2C+.16x+%2B123%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (graph 300x300 pixels, x from -36 to 280, y from -10 to 200, of TWO functions .24x +105 and .16x +105). \r<BR>\n" );
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