Question

Emanuel was charged \$32$32dollar sign, 32 for a 14\dfrac29 \text{ km}14

9
2
​ km14, start fraction, 2, divided by, 9, end fraction, space, k, m taxi ride.
What was the cost per kilometer?

Answer 1

2.25

Explanation:

because you have to divide 32 by 14 2/9 resulting in the the 14 2/9 to be 128/9 and then flipped, 9/128. Afterwards, cross out the the 32 and 128 since 32 is a factor of 128 to get 1 and 4.Then apply mutiplication 1/1 * 9/4= 9/4 or 2 1/4= 2.25