the common denominator for these two is 45, as you have to times 5 by 9 to get this you will have to times 3 by 9 aswell so that fraction would be 27/45.

as you have to times 9 by 5 to get 45 you will have to times 5 by 5 which is 25 so that fraction would be 25/45

3/5=27/45 5/9=25/45

27 is bigger than 25

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Self-driving taxi service charges $5 per pickup and $0.25 per mile. We’ll Get You. There’s cabs charges $1 per pickup and $0.50

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Let y = total cost of the taxi service.

let x = amount of miles

We need to create a system of equations to solve this problem.

Taxi company 1: y = $0.25x + $5

Taxi company 2: y = $0.50x + $1

Set the equations equal to each other

$0.25x + $5 = $0.50x +$1.

Subtract $0.25x from both sides and subtract $1 from both sides.

$4 = $0.25x

Divide both sides by $0.25.

16 miles = x

The companies will charge the same amount of money at 16 miles

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