SOLUTION: A car with a standard transmission costs $15000 to purchase and 25 cents /km to drive. A car with an automatic transmission costs $17000 to purchase, but only 20 cents/km to driv

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Question 1145308: A car with a standard transmission costs $15000 to purchase and 25 cents /km to drive. A car with an automatic transmission costs $17000 to purchase, but only 20 cents/km to drive. When is the cost to operate both vehicles the same? using substitution or elimination to solve, THanks
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A car with a standard transmission costs $15000 to purchase and 25 cents /km to drive. A car with an automatic transmission costs $17000 to purchase, but only 20 cents/km to drive. When is the cost to operate both vehicles the same?
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"when" as in how many kms.
k = # of kms
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15000 + 0.25k = 17000 + 0.20k