Question

Rapid Rental Car charges a $55 rental fee, $20 for gas, and $0.65 per mile driven. For the same car, Capital Cars charges $55 for rental and gas and $0.75 per mile.

Answer 1

200 miles

Explanation:

Given data

Rapid Rental Car

charges a $55 rental fee

$20 for gas, and

$0.65 per mile driven

let the number of miles be x, the total charges y

y=55+20+0.65x

y= 75+0.65x----------1

Capital Cars

charges $55 for rental and gas and

$0.75 per mile.

let the number of miles be x, the total charges y

y=55+0.75x

y= 55+0.75x----------2

Required

The number of miles driven before the two Rental companies charge the same amount

equate 1 and 2

75+0.65x= 55+0.75x

collect like terms

75-55= 0.75x-0.65x

20= 0.1x

x= 20/0.1

x= 200miles

Hence the distance will be 200 miles for the charges to be the same