document.write( "Question 289015: Hi Thank you for your help. I think this may be the topic.
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document.write( "I've been trying to figure out this word problem, but for some reason I think the answer is 40 miles:
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document.write( "A car rental agency rents a certain car for $40 per day with unlimited mileage or $24 per day plus $0.20 per mile. How far can a customer drive this car per day for the $24 option to cost no more than the unlimited mileage option? \r
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document.write( "I have set up like this: 0.20x + 24y (less than or equal to) 40 and I solved for X by making y 0 and dividing 40 by .20 which gave me 200. Then I multipied that by $0.20 per mile which gave me the answer of 40. Please let me know where I went wrong or if I even understood the question.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #209429 by Deina(147)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 24 + 0.2m = 40 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "m = 80 miles and bob's your uncle! \n" ); document.write( " |