Suzanne is going to rent a car while she is out of town. one car rental company offers a flat rate of $35 per day plus $0.10 per mile. another car rental company offers the same car for $25 per day plus $0.25 per mile. she will need the car for 5 days. how many miles would she need to drive for the first rental company to be a better deal?

She need to drive more than 2000 miles for the first rental company to be a better deal .

Step-by-step explanation:

Case 1) One car rental company offers a flat rate of $35 per day plus $0.10 per mile

Let m be the no. of miles

She will need the car for 5 days.

So, total cost =

Case 2)  Another car rental company offers the same car for $25 per day plus $0.25 per mile.

Let m be the no. of miles

She will need the car for 5 days.

So, total cost =

Now we are supposed to find How many miles would she need to drive for the first rental company to be a better deal?

So,

So, she need to drive more than 2000 miles for the first rental company to be a better deal

14.3

step-by-step explanation:

add all the numbers together.

9 + 12 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 17 = 86

now, divide 86 by how many numbers we have: 6.

86 / 6 = 14.3