Question

(06.03)

Two car rental companies have different rental plans. Sand's Car Rental charges $50 a day and 10 cents every mile traveled. Beach Car Rental charges $60 dollars a day and no per mile charge. How many days would the trip need to be to make the costs equal, if the trip total was 300 miles? (1 point)


3 days
2 days
1 week
They will never be equal

Answer 1

Answer:3 days

Step-by-step explanation: got it correct on my exam

Answer 2

Let x be the number of days for the trip. With this representation and dropping the dollar sign, the Sand's Car Rental will charge a total of 50x + (0.1)(300) while Beach Car Rental will charge 60x. Equating the two charges, 50x + 30 = 60x. This gives an answer of x = 3. Therefore, the trip should take 3 days for the charges to be equal.