Question

The taxi costs 2.25 for the first mile plus 15 cents for each additional tenth of a mile. For a 5.2- mile trip eric paid 10 and told the driver to keep the change as a trip how much was the drivers tip

Answer 1

$1.45

Explanation:

The computation of the driver tip is shown below:

= 2.25 + 1.5 + 1.5 + 1.5 + 1.5 + 0.3

= $8.55

And, the amount given to driver is 10

So, the driver tip is

= $10 - $8.55

= $1.45