Question

6 points Emily’s family needs to rent a moving truck to move their belongings to a different house. The rental cost for Trucks-A-Lot is $42 per day plus $0.72 per mile. The rental cost for Move-It-Truckers is $70 per day plus $0.12 per mile. Let m represent Emily’s mileage. Write an equation to represent the cost of renting each truck, and determine what will be the number if miles for which the truck cost the same amount.

Answer 1

Answer/Step-by-step explanation:

Equation to represent the daily rental cost for each type of truck can be written as follows:

Daily rental cost for Trucks-A-Lot = 42 + 0.72m

Daily rental cost for Move-in-Truckers = 70 + 0.12m

Where, m = Emily's mileage

To determine the number of miles for which the truck cost the same amount, set both equations equal to each other and solve for m.

$42 + 0.72m = 70 + 0.12m$

Collect like terms

$0.72m - 0.12m = 70 - 42$

$0.6m = 28$

Divide both sides by 0.6

$\frac{0.6m}{0.6} = \frac{28}{0.6}$

$m = 46.7$

At approximately 47 miles, both trucks would cost the same amount.

Check:

Daily rental cost for Trucks-A-Lot = 42 + 0.72m

Plug in the value of x = 47

= 42 + 0.72(47) = $75.84 ≈ $76

Daily rental cost for Move-in-Truckers = 70 + 0.12m

Plug in the value of x = 47

= 70 + 0.12(47) = $75.64 ≈ $76