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Andrea calls two truck rental companies to compare costs. Action trucks charges $80 for the day plus $0.22 per kilometer and truck experts charges $100 for the day plus $0.12 per kilometer. how many kilometers would andrea have to drive for the total cost of renting from both companies to be the same?

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Answer:it will take 200 kilometers for the costs to be the same.

Explanation:

Let x represent the number of kilometers that Andrea would have to drive for the total cost of renting from both companies to be the same.

Action trucks charges $80 for the day plus $0.22 per kilometer. It means that the total cost of x miles would be

80 + 0.22x - - - - - - - - - 1

Truck experts charges $100 for the day plus $0.12 per kilometer. It means that the total cost of x miles would be

100 + 0.12x - - - - - - - - - 2

Therefore, for the cost of renting from both companies to be the same,

80 + 0.22x = 100 + 0.12x

0.22x - 0.12x = 100 - 80

0.1x = 20

x = 20/0.1 = 200

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