SOLUTION: Write and solve an equation to find the number of miles you must drive to have the same cost for each of the car rentals. Let m represent the number of miles. A drawing of two

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Question 1121686: Write and solve an equation to find the number of miles you must drive to have the same cost for each of the car rentals. Let m represent the number of miles.
A drawing of two cars. The rental cost of the first car is 20 dollars plus 0.50 dollars per mile and the rental cost of the second car is 30 dollars plus 0.25 dollars per mile.
Equation:


m=
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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The total cost to rent the first car for miles is . The total to rent the second car for miles is . You want to know when these two amounts are equal. So set the two expressions equal to each other and then solve for


John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it