Question

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Moving van company A charges a $40.00 fee to rent a van. In addition to this fee, they charge $0.35 a mile. Moving van company B charges $14.00 a day and $0.30 a mile to rent their vans. Aaron needs to rent a moving van for 5 days. He will be driving 120 miles. Which company should Aaron choose if he wants to spend the least amount of money?
A.Company B
B.Company A
C.It is the same amount for both company A and company B.
D.Not enough information given to answer the question.

Answer 1

If company A charges a flat fee of 40.00 and charges .35 per mile, then you would multiply the number of miles by .35, and add 40 to get the total amount you pay for company A. (which is 82 dollars)

If company B charges 14.00 per day to rent the vans, then you multiply the amount of days by 14 to get the amount you would pay with no miles. (70) You would then add that to the 30 cents per mile (.3* 120) which comes out to be 106 dollars all together.

Which makes your answer company A, which is answer B.