SOLUTION: Jesse rents a moving van for $75 and must pay $2 per mile. The following week, Alex rents the same van, is charged $80 for the rental and $1.50 per mile. If they each paid the
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Question 515025: Jesse rents a moving van for $75 and must pay $2 per mile. The following week, Alex rents the same van, is charged $80 for the rental and $1.50 per mile. If they each paid the same amount and drove the same number of miles, how far did they each travel? Found 2 solutions by richwmiller, josmiceli:Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 75+2m=80+1.5m
subtract 75 from both sides
subtract 1.5m from both sides
.5m=5
multiply both sides by 2
m=10 miles
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = the distance in miles each traveled
Let = cost for each
Jesse's equation:
Alex's equation:
Since the each had the same cost,
Each traveled 10 miles
check answer:
and
OK
