Problema Solution
A truck can be rented from Company A for $80 a day plus $.70 per mile. Company B charges $40 a day plus $.90 per mile to rent the same truck. How many miles must be driven in a day to make the rental cost for Company A less than the rental cost of Company B?
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We can write the question as an inequality with Company A on the left hand side and Company B on the right hand side:
80+.7n<40+.9n
Using Algebrator to solve for 'n', we get:
n>200miles