Question

A truck can be rented from company "A" for $50.00 a day plus $0.40 per mile. company "B" charges $30.00 a day plus $0.60 per mile to rent the same truck. how many miles must be driven in a day to make the rental cost for company "A" a better deal than company "B"?

Answer 1

C=.4m+50
C=.6m+30
Graph the lines and find the value of m for which the second lines rises above the first line.

Answer 2

im totally lost im sorry

Answer 3

What is the y intercept of the first line?

Answer 4

its not a graphing problem

Answer 5

What kind of problem is it?

Answer 6

a word problem involving money

Answer 7

Well, if you don't want to graph the lines, then solve this inequality:
.6m+30>.4m+50