SOLUTION: 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 simple

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Question 68496: 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.

Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
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Lets write the expression for the cost of renting a full-size car.
FS = ($50.00)x + ($0.80)y
Now the expression for renting a compact car.
CC = ($30.00)x + ($0.50)y
The cost of renting the full-size car exceed the cost of renting the compact car can be found by: FS - CC
FF-CC = ($50.00)x + ($0.80)y - (($30.00)x + ($0.50)y) Simplifying this expression, we'll get:
($50.00 - $30.00)x + ($0.80 - $0.50)y or
($20.00)x + ($0.30)y