Question

A white water rafting company sells tickets for a 18mile river trip for $249. For one mile it cost $14 dollars per mile. How many miles do you travel for one dollar? Round your answer to one decimal place

Answer 1

According to the given information, use the cost per mile, which is $14 per mile, this way:

`1dollar\cdot(1mile)/(14dollars)=0.071miles`

It means, you travel 0.071 miles for one dollar. Rounded to one decimal place, it would be 0.1 miles for one dollar.