Question

Rent-A-Tent rents party tents for a flat fee of $365 plus $125 a day. Capital Rentals rents party tents for a flat fee of $250 plus $175 a day. Delia wrote the following equation to find the number of days for which the total cost charge for the two companies would be the same: 365x+125=250x+175. find and explain the error in Delias work. then write the correct equation.

Answer 1

She has swapped the fixed fee and the rate, on both sides of the equation. The correct euation is: $365+125x=250+175x$