Two rental car companies are running specials this month. At Rob's Rentals, customers will pay $50 to rent a mid-sized car for the first day, plus $4 for each additional day. At Washington Rent-a-Car, the price for a mid-sized car is $60 for the first day and $3 for every additional day beyond that. At some point, renting from either one of the companies would cost a customer the same amount. How many additional days would that take?Write a system of equations, graph them, and type the solution.____ additional days
Q. Two rental car companies are running specials this month. At Rob's Rentals, customers will pay $50 to rent a mid-sized car for the first day, plus $4 for each additional day. At Washington Rent-a-Car, the price for a mid-sized car is $60 for the first day and $3 for every additional day beyond that. At some point, renting from either one of the companies would cost a customer the same amount. How many additional days would that take?Write a system of equations, graph them, and type the solution.____ additional days
Set up equations: Let's set up the equations for both rental companies. For Rob's Rentals, the cost C after d additional days is given by C=50+4d. For Washington Rent-a-Car, the cost C is C=60+3d.
Equate expressions: To find when the costs are the same, we equate the two expressions: 50+4d=60+3d.
Solve for d: Solve for d: Subtract 3d from both sides to get 4d−3d=60−50, which simplifies to d=10.
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