Question

Jenny wants to rent a truck for one day. She contacted two companies. Laguana's Truck Rentals charges $20 plus $2 per mile. Salvatori's truck rentals charges $3 per mile. After how many miles will the total cost for both companies be the same?

Answer 1

Answer:

20 miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let m be number of miles.

Laguana's Truck Rentals charges $20 plus $2 per mile.

Total cost of Laguana's Truck = $20+2m$         .... (1)

Salvatori's truck rentals charges $3 per mile.  

Total cost of Salvatori's truck = $3m$          ... (2)

We need to find the number of hours after that the total cost for both companies will be the same.

$3m=20+2m$

$3m-2m=20$

$m=20$

Therefore, after 20 miles the total cost for both companies will be the same.