Problema Solution
Jesse rents a car for an initial $75 for the first 50 miles. However, she must pay $2 for every mileshe drives. The following week, Alex rents the same car and pays $80 for the first 50 miles and $1.50 for each additional mile. If they each paid the same amount and drove the same number of miles, how far did each travel?
Answer provided by our tutors
Let x = amount of miles over 50 miles that each person drives
Then 75 +2x = 80 +1.5x
.5x = 5
x = 10
So each traveled 60 miles