Jesse rents a moving van for $75 and must pay $2 per mile. The following week, Alex rents the same van, is charged $80 for the rental and $1.50 per mile. If they each paid the same amount and drove the same number of miles, how far did they each travel?

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anonymous · Answer

For these problems the hardest part is to find the variables, x and y than making equations. So what can be x and y ?

anonymous · Answer

Or maybe it is enough to use only one variable, x

anonymous · Answer

Van 1 and van 2 ?

anonymous · Answer

how far did they each travel? This is what we are looking for. This must be something that we have to write an equation at least!
So let x be the number of miles they traveled

anonymous · Answer

So they had the same amount of money, that is give so what will be equal with what?

anonymous · Answer

given

anonymous · Answer

write Jesse`s spending first 
than write Alex`s 
Than as they had the same money, this has to be equal