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A trolley charges $3.00 just to get in the car and $1.00 for each mile traveled. How much would it cost to travel 5 miles? 8 miles? 20 miles?

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Answer:

5 miles = $8

8 miles = $11

20 miles = $23

Explanation:

If admission is 3 dollars, then we already know that is the minimum we have to pay. The rest of the money we spend on the trolley depends on how many miles we travel on it. If each mile is 1 dollar, then we can use a variable to represent the number of miles since there are numerous possible answers.

The basic equation to represent the scenario is:

3 + x

Since x represents the amount of miles traveled, we can replace it with 5, 8, or 20.

3 + 5 = 8 dollars

3 + 8 = 11 dollars

3 + 20 = 23 dollars

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