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Question

You were given two options of cars to rent to drive to California with renting prices listed below:

The Honda Civic would cost $15 plus $0.50 per mile driven.
The Ford Focus would cost $25 plus $0.25 per mile driven.
Create an equation to represent how many miles driven, m, the two cars would be the same price to rent.

Equation:

Solve for the number of miles, m, needed for the two cars to be the same price.   

Answer 1

For the Honda Civic, the cost is 15 + 0.50m

For the Ford Focus, the cost is 25 + 0.25m

 

15 + 0.50m = 25 + 0.25m

 

15 + 0.25m = 25

 

0.25m = 10

 

m = 40 miles is when the cost for the two cars would be the same