Question

Grace is planning a move to a different city. She contacts two local rental companies and obtains the following information for the one-day cost of renting a truck:

Company A: $40.95 per day plus $0.19 per mile
Company B: $19.95 per day plus $0.49 per mile

Let n represent the total number of miles driven in one day. Write an inequality that can be used to determine for what number of miles it is less expensive to rent the truck from Company B.

Answer 1

set up inequality
B < A
\[.49m +19.95 < .19m +40.95\]
isolate m

Answer 2

thank you!

Answer 3

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