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Rent-A-Tent rents party tents for a flat fee of $365 plus $125 a day. Capital Rentals rents party tents for a flat fee of $250 plus $175 a day. Delia wrote the following equatio…

Rent-A-Tent rents party tents for a flat fee of $365 plus $125 a day. Capital Rentals rents party tents for a flat fee of $250 plus $175 a day. Delia wrote the following equatio…
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Rent-A-Tent rents party tents for a flat fee of $365 plus $125 a day. Capital Rentals rents party tents for a flat fee of $250 plus $175 a day. Delia wrote the following equation to find the number of days for which the total cost charge for the two companies would be the same: 365x+125=250x+175. find and explain the error in Delias work. then write the correct equation.

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User Briarheart
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Answer:

365 + 125d = 250 + 175d

Explanation:

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User The Evil Greebo
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She has swapped the fixed fee and the rate, on both sides of the equation. The correct euation is:
365+125x=250+175x
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