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You take a taxi to your sisters home. The driver charges you $8 for 3 kilometers and $2 for each additional kilometer. If you paid a total of $14 how long did you travel

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The final answer is 6 km
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14-8=6. So far we have 3 km, then 6 divided by 2 which is 3 additional kilometers. 3+3 is 6 so the final answer is 6km
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