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document.write( "Company A charges $55 per day plus $0.35 per mile to rent a car. 
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document.write( "Company B charges $50 per day plus $0.40 per mile
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document.write( "Jack wants to rent a car for three days. How many miles should Jack
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document.write( " be traveling so that Company A is less expensive than Company B?
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document.write( "Let x represent that number of miles:
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document.write( "  55*3 + .35x < 50*3 + .40x
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document.write( "    5*3 < .05x
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document.write( "   5*3/.05 < x
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document.write( "    300 < x  Jack should be traveling more than 300mi\r
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document.write( "CHECKING our Answer*** At 301 mi
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document.write( "A 55*3 + .35*301 = 270.35
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document.write( "B 50*3 + .40*301 = 270.40   A < B
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