The bus fare in a city is 1.75 . People who use the bus have the option of purchasing a monthly coupon book for . With the coupon book, the fare is reduced to Determine the number of times in a month the bus must be used so that the total monthly cost without the coupon book is the same as the total monthly cost with the coupon book. g

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MRROYALGO MRROYALGO · Answer 1

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26 times

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Without Coupon

[tex]Rate = 1.75[/tex] per trip

With Coupon

[tex]Coupon = 26[/tex]

[tex]Rate = 0.75[/tex] per trip

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The number of trips to be taken for both option (i.e. with or without coupon) to be equal

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Let the number of trips in a month be x.

Without Coupon

Total amount is:

[tex]Total = Rate * x[/tex]

[tex]Total = 1.75x[/tex]

Without Coupon

Total amount is:

[tex]Total = Coupon + Rate * x[/tex]

[tex]Total = 26 + 0.75x[/tex]

To get x, we simply equate both options

[tex]1.75x = 26 + 0.75x[/tex]

Collect like terms

[tex]-0.75x + 1.75x = 26[/tex]

[tex]x = 26[/tex]