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You ride an express bus from the center of town to your street. You have two...

You ride an express bus from the center of town to your street. You have two payment options. Option A is to buy a monthly pass and pay $0.75 per ride. Option B is to pay $2 per ride. A monthly pass costs $25. After how many rides will the total costs of the two options be the same?

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let number of rides are n

therefore total cost of first ride =total cost of second ride

25+0.75n =2n

1.25n=25

n=20 rides

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