Question

Aaron took a taxi from his house to the airport. The taxi company charged a pick-up fee of $2 plus $3.50 per mile. The total fare was $58, not including the tip. Which equation could be used to determine xx, the number of miles in the taxi ride?

Answer 1

58 = 3.5x + 2

Explanation:

Since $3.50 is charged for every mile, we multiply x by 3.5 like this: 3.5x

$2 is already added on as a free so + 2

$58 is the total amount of money for all of the charges including the per mile and pick-up fee.

This was we can solve for the number of miles, x

58 = 3.5x + 2

- 2 - 2

56 = 3.5x

56/3.5 = 3.5x/3.5

x = 16

The taxi drove a total of 16 miles