SOLUTION: Ace rent a car charges a flat fee of $15.00 and $0.25 a mile for their cars. Acme rent a car charges a flat fee of $24.00 and $0.15 a mile for their cars. Use the following model t

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Question 911790: Ace rent a car charges a flat fee of $15.00 and $0.25 a mile for their cars. Acme rent a car charges a flat fee of $24.00 and $0.15 a mile for their cars. Use the following model to find out after how many miles Ace rent a car becomes more expensive than Acme rent a car.
c=15+0.25m Ace
c=24+0.15m Acme
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A good attempt and then you stopped. Why?

The m would be the variable for miles.

Find m for Ace more expensive than Acme;
15%2B0.25m%3E=24%2B0.15m

0.25m-0.15m%3E=24-15

0.10m%3E=9
m%3E=9%2F%280.10%29
highlight%28m%3E=90%29