A two-day moving truck rental from Best Rentals costs $60 and $0.35 per mile driven. A two-day moving truck rental from Easy Movers costs $80 and $0.25 per mile driven. Let m represent the number of miles driven. Which equation can be used to find the number of miles for which the rentals would cost the same amount?

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Nylah Benjamin

Mathematics

11 December, 01:58

A two-day moving truck rental from Best Rentals costs $60 and $0.35 per mile driven. A two-day moving truck rental from Easy Movers costs $80 and $0.25 per mile driven. Let m represent the number of miles driven. Which equation can be used to find the number of miles for which the rentals would cost the same amount?

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Tristian Mueller · Answer 1

Cost one + fee per mile (m) one=cost two + fee per mile (m) two, will work

60+0.35m=80+0.25m

60-60+0.35m=80-60+0.25m

0.35m=20+0.25m

-0.25m - 0.25m

0.10m=20 divide 0.10 on both sides

200=m