Ace truck leases its 10-ft box truck at $30/day and $0.50/mi, whereas acme truck leases a similar truck at $25/day and $0.55/mi.

(a) find the daily cost of leasing from each company as a function of the number of miles driven.

Ace Truck

Acme Truck

Step-by-step explanation:

The cost function to lease a box truck from a company has the following format:

In which F is the fixed cost and a is the cost per mile m.

(a) Find the daily cost of leasing from each company as a function of the number of miles driven.

Ace Truck

$30/day and $0.50/mi. This means that . So

Acme Truck

$25/day and $0.55/mi. This means that . So

r and t.

both are 64 degrees.