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PLEASE HELP!!!! A taxi charges $4.00 for the first mile plus $1.25 for each additional mile. On a fare of $16.50, how long was the ride?
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A taxi charges $4.00 for the first mile plus $1.25 for each additional mile.
On a fare of $16.50, how long was the ride?

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Work backwards $16.50 a $4.00 is $12.50. That got you the first mile.
The $12.50 / $1.25 per mile is ten more miles

Total length of ride is ten plus one or eleven miles
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