You and your family are planning to rent a van for a 1day trip to Family Fun Amu

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You and your family are planning to rent a van for a 1day trip to Family Fun Amusement Park in Friendly Town. Your dad finds two companies for the van your family wants: Wheels and Deals Cor Rental Agency charges $25 plus 50 s per mile te rent the van and Cars R Us Rental Agency charges $40 plus 25 cents per mile to rent the same type van Part 1 1. Write an gauation that can be used to determine the cost of renting a van from the Wheels and Deals Agency for m, miles c 2S tO.som Use the equation to determine the cost for renting the van from this agency for driving 40 miles. Show your work a. 2. Write an squatien that can be used to determine the cost of renting a van from the Cars R Us Agency for m, miles 2. Use the equation to determine the cost for renting the van from this agency for driving 40 miles. Show your work a.

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part 1 )

1 ) cost of renting a van

c= 25 + .50 m

cost of renting a van for 40 miles

c = 25 + .50 (40)

c = $ 45

2) cost of renting a car from cars R agency

C = 40 + .25 m

cost of renting for 40 miles

c = 40 + .25 (40)

c = $ 50

3) setting both equatiosn equal

25 + .50 m = 40 + .25 m

m = 60

so, for 60 miles cost of both agencies will be equal

4) 25 + .50(80) = $ 65

40 + .25(80) = $ 60

so, cars R US rental agency is better deal for friendly town

since it is cheap

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