Question

A taxi cab charges $1.75 for the flat fee and $0.25 for each time. Write an in equality to determine how many miles Eddie can travel if he has $15 to spend.

Answer 1

53 miles

Explanation:

I'm going to assume "$0.25 for each time" is "$0.25 per mile."

$1.75 is the flat fee. It costs 25 cents for each mile. We can represent this as:

1.75 + 0.25m

The sum of this equation has to be less than or equal to $15. We can display this as:

1.75 + 0.25m ≤ 15.

To solve, we must first isolate 0.25m. To do this, we subtract 1.75 from each side.

0.25m ≤ 15 - 1.75

0.25m ≤ 13.25.

Now, we must isolate the variable 'm' to determine how many miles Eddie can travel. To do this, we divide 0.25 from each side.

m ≤ 13.25 / 0.25

m ≤ 53.

Therefore, Eddie can travel 53 miles if he has $15 to spend.