Two bicycle-rental companies follow different daily charging schemes

MATHEMATICS · Multi-part · CBSE · Mathematics · Arithmetic Progressions · Arithmetic Progressions

Problem

Two bicycle-rental companies follow different daily charging schemes. Company A charges ₹200 on the first day and increases the charge by ₹20 each succeeding day. Company B charges ₹150 on the first day and increases the charge by ₹30 each succeeding day. Assume a customer rents a bicycle for consecutive days under one company. Answer the following. (i) Obtain an expression for the amount charged on the nnth day by each company. (ii) Calculate the total amount a customer will pay to each company if the bicycle is rented for exactly 7 days. (iii) For how many consecutive days will the total amount paid to the two companies be the same? (Take the least positive integer value of nn that satisfies this condition.)

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