Bob wants to rent a car for one day. He contacted two companies. Enterprise Rentals charges $100 plus $3 per mile. Hertz Rental
2 answers:
Answer:
20 miles.
Step-by-step explanation:
To solve this problem, we will have to set two expressions representative of Enterprise Rentals & Hertz Rental equal to each other.
Let equal the number of miles.
If Enterprise Rentals charges $100 plus $3 per mile, we can represent this as:
If Hertz Rental charges $8 per mile, we can represent this as:
Set the expressions equal to each other:
Subtract from both sides of the equation:
Divide both sides of the equation by the coefficient of , which is
:
Therefore, after 20 miles, the total cost for both companies will be the same.
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Check your work by substituting the solved value of (20), into the initial equation:
As the total costs are equal to each other, our answer is correct!
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Answer:
A
Step-by-step explanation:
We know million has 6 zeros.
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