Question

You are hiring a limousine. One company charges a $60 reservation fee plus another $15 per hour. A second company charges a $25 reservation fee plus another $20 per hour. Write and solve a linear equation to find the number of hours at which the total cost is the same for both companies.

Answer 1

7 hours

Explanation:

Step one:

given data

let the total charges be y and the number of hours be x

Company A charges

$60 reservation fee plus another $15 per hour.

so

y=60+15x----------1

Company B charges

$25 reservation fee plus another $20 per hour

y=25+20x------------2

Step two:

equate the 2 expressions above we have

60+15x=25+20x

collect like terms

60-25=20x-15x

35=5x

divide both sides by 5

x= 35/5

x= 7 hours