SOLUTION: Diane will rent a car for the weekend. She can choose one of two plans. The first plan has an initial fee of $55 and costs an additional $0.50 per mile driven. The second plan has
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Question 844711: Diane will rent a car for the weekend. She can choose one of two plans. The first plan has an initial fee of $55 and costs an additional $0.50 per mile driven. The second plan has no initial fee but costs $0.70 per mile driven. How many miles would Diane need to drive for the two plans to cost the same? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = the number of miles she
has to drive for the 2 plans to cost the same
Let = cost
For the 1st plan:
For the 2nd plan:
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Make the costs of the 2 plans the same
Diane needs to drive 275 mi for the two plans to cost the same
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Here is the plot for the 2 plans:
