Question

A taxi company charges an initial fee of $1.95, plus $1.60 per mile driven. Shelly has $22.00 to spend on a taxi ride. Which inequality represents the number of miles, m, that Shelly can ride in a taxi

Answer 1

Equation

1.95+1.6m ≤ 22

If solved

m ≤ 12.53

Explanation:

SO we know the initial fee is 1.95

and for every mile driven, its $1.6

And we know that Shelly can spend less then or exactly the price of 22.

We know that m is miles driven

So we can make an equation

1.95+1.6m ≤ 22

1.95 can’t change since initial fee

1.6*m becuase its 1.6 for every mile driven and since “m” miles were driven, we multiply that by 1.6

Now it can’t go over 22 but it could be less than 22.

So this equation makes sense

If we solve it, it would be about m ≤ 12.53 miles