Car rentals
Enterprise-Rent-A-Car and Smith Car Rentals
Let y = Total Cost
Let x = Number of hours for car rental
Smith Car Rentals: y = 5x
Graph with intersection of lines (solution)
x axis shows the number of hours car rented for
The red line shows the cost ($) per hour for car rentals from Enterprise-Rent-A-Car .
The blue line shows the cost ($) per hour for car rentals from Smith Car Rentals.
= 0.50 (11.11) + 50
= $ 55.56
Smith Car Rentals: y = 5x
=5(11.11)
= $ 55.56
This implies that the degree of accuracy of the solution is high because the graph shows that the solution is (11.11, 55.56) and I have proved it yet again by substituting x in the equations with 11.11 h to find out the cost which is also $ 55. 56.
The significance of the solution of this linear system is to show that the total cost for Enterprise-Rent-A-Car and Smith Car Rentals are the same ($55.56) at 11.11 hours. The solution is also realistic because car rentals for around 10 hours cost approximately $ 50.