SOLUTION: Margo can purchase tiles at a store for $0.99 per tile and rent a tile saw for $30. At another store, she can borrow the tile saw for free if she buys tiles there for $1.59 per til

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Question 1197069: Margo can purchase tiles at a store for $0.99 per tile and rent a tile saw for $30. At another store, she can borrow the tile saw for free if she buys tiles there for $1.59 per tile. How many tiles must she buy for the cost to be the same at both stores?
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Margo can purchase tiles at a store for $0.99 per tile and rent a tile saw for $30. 
At another store, she can borrow the tile saw for free if she buys tiles there for $1.59 per tile

How many 'x' tiles must she buy for the cost to be the same at both store
1.59x = .99x + 30 
    .6x = 30
      x = 50 Tiles for the cost to be the same at both stores
Checking our work;

1.59*50 = 79.50 = .99*50 + 30  checks.

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