Question

A truck can be rented from Company A for $100 a day plus $0.40 per mile. Company B charges $20dayplus $0.90 per mile to rent the same truck. How many miles must be driven in a day to make the rental cost for Company A less than the rental cost of Company B?

Answer 1

the number of miles is 160

Explanation:

The computation is given below:

Let us assume the miles be x

For company A

y = $100 + $0.40x

And, for company B

y = $20 + $0.90x

In order to find out the number of miles, the rental cost of the company A should be less than the company B rental cost

SO,

$20 + $0.90x > $100 + $0.40x

Subtract $20 from both sides

0.90x > 80 + 0.40x

Now subtract 0.40x from both sides

0.50x >80

x>160

So the number of miles is 160