Joe will rent a car for the weekend. He can choose one of two plans. The first plan has an initial fee of $41.98 and costs an additional $0.19 per mile driven. The second plan has an initial fee of $53.98 and costs an additional $0.15 per mile driven. How many miles would Joe need to drive for the two plans to cost the same?

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Jarrett Esparza

Mathematics

2 December, 01:51

Joe will rent a car for the weekend. He can choose one of two plans. The first plan has an initial fee of $41.98 and costs an additional $0.19 per mile driven. The second plan has an initial fee of $53.98 and costs an additional $0.15 per mile driven. How many miles would Joe need to drive for the two plans to cost the same?

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Hillary Finley · Answer 1

You can set up expressions for each. (x = the amount of miles driven)

First plan: cost = 41.98 +.19x

Second plan: cost = 53.98 +.15x

Then you set them equal to eachother

41.98 +.19x = 53.98 +.15x

.04x = 12

x = 300

Joe would need to travel 300 miles for them to cost the same