Sunday, October 25, 2015

For what distance would the charge for both the car rental agencies described below be the same:A car rental agency rents out cars at a flat fee of...

The first agency has  a flat charge of $25 and 13 cents
per mile. The second only has a per mile charge which is 17
cents.


Let the distance that the car has to be driven for
to make the amount charged by both the agencies the same be
D.


This gives 25 + 0.13 D = 0.17
D


=> 25 = 0.04
D


=> D =
25/0.04


=> D =
625


When the car is driven for 625 miles the
amount charged by both the agencies is the same.

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