The car rental company Rent-for-Cheap charges an initial fee of $38 and 15 cents per raile. Their competitor, Cars-to-Go charges an initial fee of $48 and 11 cents per mile. Let a represent miles and y represent the cost for renting a car. (a) The equation for the total cost of renting a car for a miles from Rent-for-Cheap is of the form y = mx +b. Then m = Number and b= 38 (b) The equation for the total cost of renting a car for a miles from Cars-to-Go is of the form y= mx +b. Then m = Number and 6= 48 (c) State whether true or false. If you rent a car for one day and drive 218 miles, then which company would be better? Rent-for-Cheap O Cars-to-Go
The car rental company Rent-for-Cheap charges an initial fee of $38 and 15 cents per raile. Their competitor, Cars-to-Go charges an initial fee of $48 and 11 cents per mile. Let a represent miles and y represent the cost for renting a car. (a) The equation for the total cost of renting a car for a miles from Rent-for-Cheap is of the form y = mx +b. Then m = Number and b= 38 (b) The equation for the total cost of renting a car for a miles from Cars-to-Go is of the form y= mx +b. Then m = Number and 6= 48 (c) State whether true or false. If you rent a car for one day and drive 218 miles, then which company would be better? Rent-for-Cheap O Cars-to-Go
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If you rent a car for one day and drive 218 miles, then which company would be better?
Rent-for-Cheap o Cars-to-Go
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