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 same
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Question 663197: 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? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = amount paid
Let = number of miles driven
Jesse's equation is
Alex's equation is
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given:
The both drove 10 mi
check:
and
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