A truck can be rented from Basic Rental for $45.00 a day plus $0.25 per mile. Continental charges $25.50 per day plus $0.40 per mile to rent the same truck.

Question

a) Write an expression to calculate the cost of renting and driving a truck from Basic Rental. Let x be the number of miles driven.
Cost =
b) Write an expression to calculate the cost of renting and driving a truck from Continental. Let x be the number of miles driven.
Cost =
c) How many miles must be driven in a day to make the rental cost for Basic Rental a better deal than Continental's?
Answer:

Answer 1

a) Basic = 45 + .25x

b) Continental = ?

c) 45 + .25x < Continental

Solve for x.