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Jazmin takes a ride share service home from the airport. The ride share service charges $5 as an initial cost to pick her up, and $2. 25 for every mile to her final destination. Jazmin's ride home cost a total of $38. 75. Write an equation to represent the situation. Let m represent the number of miles to her home

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Answer ! :)

If Jazmin spent $38.75 on all

Then it would 15miles ( 15m ) to get home.

As your adding the extra $5 which starts the process.

Basically a equation could be:

(5 + 2.25 = 7.25) + ( 2.25 x 14 )

Extra info if needed more explanation: ( 2.25 x 14 = 31.5 ) Which 31.5 + 7.25 = 38.75

Info on counting:

7.25, 9.50, 11.75, 14, 16.25, 18.50, 20.75, 23, 25.25, 27.50, 29.75, 32, 34.25, 36.50, 38.75

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