Travel Coordinator Project

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Travel Coordinator You are the travel coordinator for the Wyeth Corporation. Every employee that travels gets their plans from you. It is company policy to rent a vehicle for all travels over 50 miles. There are 4 car rental companies that you regularly do business with. Once every fiscal quarter you must present a report to the financial manager explaining your travel expenses. Prepare you presentation including a linear cost function for each rental agency. Include the intercepts, rate of change and a table of miles/costs and what they mean. Make sure that your presentation proves that you are choosing the least expensive company and how you know.

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Travel CoordinatorYou are the travel coordinator for the Wyeth Corporation. Every employee that travels gets their plans from you. It is company policy to rent a vehicle for all travels over 50

miles. There are 4 car rental companies that you regularly do business with. Once every fiscal quarter you must

present a report to the financial manager explaining your travel expenses. Prepare you presentation including a linear cost function for each rental agency. Include the

intercepts, rate of change and a table of miles/costs and what they mean. Make sure that your presentation

proves that you are choosing the least expensive company and how you know.

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Rental Companies• Avis Rental : initial fee: $45

– www.avis.com– Mileage rate: 20 cents per mile

• Hertz: initial fee $48– www.hertz.com– Mileage rate: 18 cents per mile

• Enterprise: initial fee: $55– www.enterprise.com– Mileage rate: 13 cents per mile

• Dollar: initial fee $51– www.dollar.com– Mileage rate: 15 cents per mile