Question

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The Brown family needs to rent a truck for their upcoming move. Express Movers will charge them $25 for the first day and $0.80 for every mile. Smith & Smith Co. will charge $35 for the first day and $0.60 for every mile. Before deciding which service to use, Mrs. Brown wants to find out how many miles would make the two choices equivalent in cost. The following equations represent this situation.



Here, x represents number of miles and y represents the cost.

This situation is shown in the graph.

A graph with a y-axis ranging from five to eighty-five with increments of five represents the cost per mile in dollars. The x-axis ranges from five to eighty with increments of five representing miles. Two lines are drawn intersecting at (50, 65).

At
miles, the cost for both trucks would be $
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Answer 1

At 50 miles, the cost for both trucks would be $65.