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Question 3 20 pts When renting a car, Rent-For-Less charges $50 for a deposit and $1.25 per mile. Cheap Rides charges $1.30 per mile and a $40 deposit. At what number of miles will the costs be equivalent? 20 pts Question 4

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Data Input

Rent-For-Less

$50 for a deposit and $1.25 per mile

Cheap Rides

$1.30 per mile and a $40 deposit

Procedure

Rent-for-less = Cheap Rides

First we define m as the number of miles

50 + 1.25m = 40 + 1.30m

Now let's solve the following equation


\begin{gathered} 50+1.25m=40+1.30m \\ 50-40=1.30m-1.25m \\ \\ 0.05m=10 \\ m=(10)/(0.05) \\ m=200 \end{gathered}

At 200 miles the price will be the same

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