4. Aardvark Car Rentals has two basic plans. One is to rent a car for $29 per day and then pay $.40 per mile. The second is to rent a car for $89 for the first day and then pay $49 for each subsequent day with unlimited mileage. Frank expects to drive a car about 500 miles total, but he has no idea how many days he’ll need it. (He might need it for 2 days, but he could see needing it for as many as 10 days.) Make a systematic list to help him decide which plan to use, showing which plan is best for each number of days up to 10.

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4. Aardvark Car Rentals has two basic plans. One is to rent a car for $29 per day and then pay $.40 per mile. The second is to rent a car for $89 for the first day and then pay $49 for each subsequent day with unlimited mileage. Frank expects to drive a car about 500 miles total, but he has no idea how many days he’ll need it. (He might need it for 2 days, but he could see needing it for as many as 10 days.) Make a systematic list to help him decide which plan to use, showing which plan is best for each number of days up to 10.

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