Country Carpets charges $22 per square yard for carpeting, and an additional installation fee of $100. City Carpets charges $25 per square yard for the same carpeting, and an additional installation fee of $70. For how many square yards will the cost be the same?
22x +100 = 25x +70
The cost will be the same for 10 Square yards.
Joe’s Canoes charges an initial fee of $20 plus $4 an hour. Callie’s Canoes charges a flat rate of $14 an hour. Find the number of hours for which the total amount that both places charge would be the same.
20 + 4h = 14 h
2 hours the cost would be the same.
Rent-A-Tent rents party tents for a flat fee of $400 plus $125 a day. Capital Rentals rents party tents for a flat fee of $250 plus $175 a day. Find the number of days for which the total cost charged by the two companies would be the same.
400 + 125d =250 + 175d
The cost will be the same after 3 days
3(x - 5) + 1 = 2 + x
x=8
5 - 7k = -4(k + 1) - 3
k=4