SOLUTION: 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 numb
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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.) Found 3 solutions by addingup, josmiceli, MathTherapy:Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! First I would find the number of miles
driven which makes the cost of the 2 plans equal
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You are renting for 1 day
Let = the number of miles driven
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I'll reduce the number of miles driven and
see if the B car costs less than the A car
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A car:
B car:
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Car B costs less, so the most miles you can
drive so that a B car costs less than an A car is 466 mi
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Here's a plot of the 2 plans for 1 day:
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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.)
Maximum miles Company A car can be driven is < 466.6666667, or .
Maximum WHOLE NUMBER miles Company A car can be driven is: .
