SOLUTION: I am not sure how to solve this problem. A rental car agency charges 14 per day plus 9 cents per mile to rent a car. Another agency charges 17 per day plus 5 cents per mile to rent
Question 274754: I am not sure how to solve this problem. A rental car agency charges 14 per day plus 9 cents per mile to rent a car. Another agency charges 17 per day plus 5 cents per mile to rent the same car. How many miles will have to be driven in order for the cost of a car from the first agency to equal the cost of a car from the second agency? Express as a system of linear equations. Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A rental car agency charges 14 per day plus 9 cents per mile to rent a car.
Another agency charges 17 per day plus 5 cents per mile to rent the same car.
How many miles will have to be driven in order for the cost of a car from the first agency to equal the cost of a car from the second agency?
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let m =no. of miles for them to be equal
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First agency cost equation
C = .09m + 14
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2nd agency cost
C = .05m + 17
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Find when they are equal
.09m + 14 = .05m + 17
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.09m - .05m = 17 - 14
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.04m = 3
m =
m = 75 mile trip, they will be equal
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You can prove this to yourself. Substitute 75 for m in both agency equations
