SOLUTION: A truck can be rented from Basic Rental for $50 per day. In addition, you have to pay $0.20 per mile. Continental charges $20 per day in addition to $0.50 per mile to rent out the

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Question 322259: A truck can be rented from Basic Rental for $50 per day. In addition, you have to pay $0.20 per mile. Continental charges $20 per day in addition to $0.50 per mile to rent out the same truck. How many miles must you drive in a day to make the rental cost for Basic Rental a better deal than that for Continental? Please show all the steps.
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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Basic Rental $50 per day.+ $0.20 per mile.
Continental $20 per day + $0.50 per mile.
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Let the number of miles you need to drive per day be x so that the charges are same for both rentals.
50+0.20x=20+0.50x
0.50x-0.20x=50-20
0.30x=30
x=30/0.30
x=100 miles.
So you have to drive more than 100 miles for Basic Rental to be a better deal than that for Continental