document.write( "Question 1051992: Company A rents cars for $32 per day and 9¢ per mile driven. Company B rents cars for $18 per day and 12¢ per mile driven. You want to rent a car for one day. Find the maximum number of miles you can drive a Company B car if it is to cost you less than a Company A car. (Give your answer as a whole number.) \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #667417 by josmiceli(19441)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! First I would find the number of miles \n" ); document.write( "driven which makes the cost of the 2 plans equal \n" ); document.write( "---------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "You are renting for 1 day \n" ); document.write( "Let \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "------------------- \n" ); document.write( "I'll reduce the number of miles driven and \n" ); document.write( "see if the B car costs less than the A car \n" ); document.write( "------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "A car: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "B car: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "--------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Car B costs less, so the most miles you can \n" ); document.write( "drive so that a B car costs less than an A car is 466 mi \n" ); document.write( "-------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Here's a plot of the 2 plans for 1 day: \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |