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Please hurry ASAP One ride on a city bus costs $1.50. Martina has $18 on her bus pass. Write and solve an equation to find how many rides she can take without loading more money on her bus pass,

r= ?
She can ride the bus ? times before she needs to load more money on her pass.

User Erik Minarini
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Answer:

it,s 12

Explanation:

you keep on minus 1.50 from 18 e.g. 17.50, 16, 15.50, 14, 13.50, 12

another e.g. 1.50[_18

= 12

User Pavel Morshenyuk
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Answer:

She can ride the bus 12 times before she needs to load more money on her pass.

Step-by-step explanation

1. You would take 18 and divide it by 1.5 (1.50) to get 12.

User Elavarasan R
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