Question

A passenger train charges 30$ plus a 2.50 per mile traveled. the total coast of a trip is 462.50. Write an equation to determine how many miles were traveled use m for the number of miles traveled.

Answer 1

let 'm' be the number of miles traveled. Since the initial fee is $30 and the train charges 2.50 per mile traveled, then an equation to represent this situation is:

`y=30+2.5m`

where 'y' represents the total cost of the trip.