Question

A truck can be rented from Company A for $100 a day plus $0.30 per mile. Company B charges $50 a day plus $0.80 per mile to rent the same truck. Find the number of miles in a day at which the

rental costs for Company A and Company B are the same.
Atmiles, the rental costs are the same from either company.

Answer 1

100

Explanation:

You can put into a graph such as desmos and see where the lines intersect. the x value of the intersection is the answer you want.

Answer 2

100 miles

Explanation:

Let m be the number of miles.

`100 + .30m = 50 + .80m`

`100 = 50 + .50m`

`.50m = 50`

`m = 100`