SOLUTION: A shuttle service taking skiers to a ski area charges $8 per person each way. Four skiers are debating whether to take the shuttle bus or rent a car for $45 plus $.25 per mile. A

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Question 43887This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra with Applications
: A shuttle service taking skiers to a ski area charges $8 per person each way. Four skiers are debating whether to take the shuttle bus or rent a car for $45 plus $.25 per mile. Assuming that the skiers will share the cost of the car and that they want the least expensive method of transportation, how far away is the ski area if they choose to take the shuttle service? This question is from textbook Beginning Algebra with Applications

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A shuttle service taking skiers to a ski area charges $8 per person each way. Four skiers are debating whether to take the shuttle bus or rent a car for $45 plus $.25 per mile. Assuming that the skiers will share the cost of the car and that they want the least expensive method of transportation, how far away is the ski area if they choose to take the shuttle service?
Shuttle service for 4 costs 2*4(8)=$64
Rental service cost = 45+0.25x
INEQUALITY:
45+0.25x>64
0.25x>9
x>36 miles
The ski area is greater than 36 miles.
Cheers,
Stan H.