Company A charges $55 per day plus $0.35 per mile to rent a car. Company B charges $50 per day plus $0.40 per mile. Jack wants to rent a car for three days. How many miles should Jack be traveling so that Company A is less expensive than Company B?
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The volume of a rectangular slab of concrete needs to exceed 72 cu. ft. If the length is 12 feet and the width is 8 feet, how thick does the concrete slab need to be?
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company A:
cost = .35m + 55
company B:
cost = .4m + 50
solve
.4m+50 = .35m+55
.05m = 5
m = 5/.05 = .....
Please do not post a new problem as an appendix to a previous post.
Tutors will think it has been answered and might ignore the entire post
second Problem:
let the thickness be x ft
so 12(8)x ≥ 72
x ≥ 72/96
x ≥ 3/4 ft
cost = .35m + 55
company B:
cost = .4m + 50
solve
.4m+50 = .35m+55
.05m = 5
m = 5/.05 = .....
Please do not post a new problem as an appendix to a previous post.
Tutors will think it has been answered and might ignore the entire post
second Problem:
let the thickness be x ft
so 12(8)x ≥ 72
x ≥ 72/96
x ≥ 3/4 ft
You are more likely to get each answered if you post each question as an individual posting