Problem

David is going to rent a truck for one day. There are two companies he can choose from, and they have the following prices.
Company A charges $79 and allows unlimited mileage.
Company B has an initial fee of $65 and charges an additional $0.70 for every mile driven.
For what mileages will Company A charge less than Company B?
Use m for the number of miles driven, and solve your inequality for m.

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m>20 is the final answer. For mileages greater than 20 miles, company A will charge less than company B.

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Step 1 :David is considering renting a truck for one day from either Company A or Company B. Company A charges a flat rate of 79withunlimitedmileage,whileCompanyBchargesaninitialfeeof65 and an additional $0.70 for every mile driven.

Step 2 :We need to find the number of miles for which the cost of renting from company A is less than the cost of renting from company B. This can be represented by the inequality 79<65+0.7m, where m represents the number of miles driven.

Step 3 :Solving the inequality for m, we get m>20.0.

Step 4 :This means that for any mileage greater than 20 miles, company A will charge less than company B. Therefore, David should choose company A if he plans to drive more than 20 miles.

Step 5 :m>20 is the final answer. For mileages greater than 20 miles, company A will charge less than company B.

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