Question

PLEASE HELP!

Yolanda will rent a car for the weekend. She can choose one of two plans. The first plan has an initial fee of $57 and costs an additional $0.11 per mile driven. The second plan has an initial fee of $50 and costs an additional $0.13 per mile driven.

For what amount of driving do the two plans cost the same?
What is the cost when the two plans cost the same?

Answer 1

For the first plan, we can write it as 57+0.11m if m represents the miles driven due to that we have a base value of 57 but add $0.11 per mile . Similarly, for the second plan we can write 50+0.13m. Since we want them to be equal, we have 57+0.11m=50+0.13m. Subtracting 0.11m as well as 50 from both sides, we get 0.02m=7. Next, we can multiply both sides by 50 to get 350=the amount of miles needed for them to be the same. For the cost, we can plug 350 into either expression to get 57+0.11*350=95.5 dollars