document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=68496>Question 68496</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A car rental company charges $50.00 per day plus $0.80 per mile for a full-size car, and charges $30.00 per day plus $0.50 per mile for a compact car. Write an expression in simplest form that gives the amount, in dollars, that the charges for a full-size car exceeds the charge for a compact car, when each is rented for x days and y miles.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Lets write the expression for the cost of renting a full-size car.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "FS = ($50.00)x + ($0.80)y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now the expression for renting a compact car.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "CC = ($30.00)x + ($0.50)y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The cost of renting the full-size car exceed the cost of renting the compact car can be found by: FS - CC<BR>\n" );
document.write( "FF-CC = ($50.00)x + ($0.80)y - (($30.00)x + ($0.50)y) Simplifying this expression, we'll get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "($50.00 - $30.00)x + ($0.80 - $0.50)y or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "($20.00)x + ($0.30)y </SPAN>\n" );
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