Problema Solution
3.Jesse rents a moving van for $75 and must pay $2 per mile. The following week, Alex rents the same van, is charged $80 for the rental and $1.50 per mile. If they each paid the same amount and drove the same number of miles, how far did they each travel?
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Let x be the number of miles jesse goes.
Let y be the number of miles jesse goes.
Cost= 2x+75
Cost= 1.5x +80
SINCE their cost is the SAME, therefore their equations are equal to each other:
2x +75= 1.5x +80
2x -1.5x = 80 -75
1/2x = 5
x= 5/1 / 1/2
x= 5/1 * 2/1
x= 10/1
x=10
Therefore they each drove 10 miles.