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Question for today: Your boss is still trying to save money on car rentals. Recall that your current rental car company, Cars-Cars-Cars, charges $29.95 plus 16 cents per mile. Nearby are two other companies, Alpha Car Rental, which charge $72.00 per day with unlimited free mileage, and Best Car Rental, which has no daily fee and charges 45 cents per mile.
1. Set the domain to 0<x<400.
2.For each car company, put in the daily (initial) charge, and the cost per mile.
3.Draw a data table that has all three companies on it. It should start like this:
Miles
Cars-Cars-Cars
Alpha
Best
0
29.95
72
0
20
?
?
?
40
?
?
?
60
?
?
?
80
?
?
?
100
?
?
?
120
?
?
?
140
?
?
?
160
?
?
?
180
?
?
?
200
?
?
?
220
?
?
?
240
?
?
?
260
?
?
?
280
?
?
?
300
?
?
?
320
?
?
?
340
360
380
400
4. On your data table, underline the cheapest car company for each mileage. Which company is cheapest will be different, depending on the number of miles you drive.
5. Draw a graph that has all three car companies on it: Cars-Cars-Cars, Best, and Alpha. The domain is 0<x<400 miles. On your graph, indicate where the intersection points are (include x, the miles, and y, the cost).
6. Write a report to your boss that includes your recommendations about which car-rental company or companies to use depending on the number of miles you plan to drive. Include an explanation of how you arrived at your recommendation. The explanation should include any computations, graphs, or tables you used in coming to your conclusions.
1) Sign in
2) click 'make a copy'
before you leave:
3) change the title so it has your name, and share it with: mr.bwolfe@gmail.com
Question for today:
Your boss is still trying to save money on car rentals. Recall that your current rental car company, Cars-Cars-Cars, charges $29.95 plus 16 cents per mile. Nearby are two other companies, Alpha Car Rental, which charge $72.00 per day with unlimited free mileage, and Best Car Rental, which has no daily fee and charges 45 cents per mile.
1. Set the domain to 0<x<400.
2.For each car company, put in the daily (initial) charge, and the cost per mile.
3.Draw a data table that has all three companies on it. It should start like this:
4. On your data table, underline the cheapest car company for each mileage. Which company is cheapest will be different, depending on the number of miles you drive.
5. Draw a graph that has all three car companies on it: Cars-Cars-Cars, Best, and Alpha. The domain is 0<x<400 miles. On your graph, indicate where the intersection points are (include x, the miles, and y, the cost).
6. Write a report to your boss that includes your recommendations about which car-rental company or companies to use depending on the number of miles you plan to drive. Include an explanation of how you arrived at your recommendation. The explanation should include any computations, graphs, or tables you used in coming to your conclusions.
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