Question

Lucy took a taxi from her house to the airport. The taxi company charged a pick-up

fee of $3.80 plus $3 per mile. The total fare was $39.80, not including the tip. Write
and solve an equation which can be used to determine x, the number of miles in the
taxi ride.

Answer 1

if you do 39.80/3 it would give you 13.2667 miles and since the tip was not added thats when you dont do anything with that number and 3 because every mile you pay 3$

Explanation: