14. Taxi company A charges $2 per ride plus $0.25 per mile. Taxi company B charges $3 per ride plus $0.15 per mile. Which equati
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Set it up like a regular equation. I used:
As you can see, however, I inserted the "less than" symbol rather than the equal sign because values greater than a certain value can also equal "x". Solve it like a normal equation and you will arrive at:
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This means that, as long as x is greater than 45, "6x" will be greater than "3x+135". Thus, if you bring 46 students, the Science Center will cost less.
As you can see, however, I inserted the "less than" symbol rather than the equal sign because values greater than a certain value can also equal "x". Solve it like a normal equation and you will arrive at:
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This means that, as long as x is greater than 45, "6x" will be greater than "3x+135". Thus, if you bring 46 students, the Science Center will cost less.
Divide both sides by -3, and replace with
. Then
Factorize the quadratic in to get
which in turn means
But for all real
, so we can ignore the first solution. This leaves us with
If we allow for any complex solution, then we can continue with the solution we ignored: