Ace Car Rental advertises that a rental car costs $25 per day plus a charge of 10 cents per mile. For the same car, Better Car Rental advertises a price of $40 per day plus 5 cents per mile. For what number of miles is the cost of renting a car the same at both companies?
A. 250 miles a day
B. 500 miles a day
C. 300 miles a day
D. 275 miles a day

Question

Ace Car Rental advertises that a rental car costs $25 per day plus a charge of 10 cents per mile. For the same car, Better Car Rental advertises a price of $40 per day plus 5 cents per mile. For what number of miles is the cost of renting a car the same at both companies?
	A. 250 miles a day 	
	B. 500 miles a day 	
	C. 300 miles a day 	
	D. 275 miles a day

anonymous · Answer

Can you write expressions representing the cost of each company?

like the first one is 10 cents per mile plus 25 dollars so

.10m+25

can you write one for the second company?

anonymous · Answer

I did all of them but the better Car Rental came out way higher than Ace Car Rental for some reason

anonymous · Answer

Whats the expression for the second company?

anonymous · Answer

.5 x 250 miles plus 40 is how you would get the answer right?

anonymous · Answer

No, you're writing expressions that represent the cost of the companies, dont plug in any of the choices

i said the first one was .10m+25

the second one is .05m+40

equate them and solve for m

.10m+25=.05m+40