Question

Tyshawn took a taxi from his house to the airport. The taxi company charged a pick-up fee of $2.50 plus $3.50 per mile. The total fare was $79.50, not including the tip. Which equation could be used to determine mm, the number of miles in the taxi ride?

Answer 1

Answer: m = 22

Explanation:

First, you subtract $2.50 from the total of $79.50 (because that is the static fee) to get $77.00. Now, because every mile is $3.50 and we want to find the number of miles, we divide $77 by $3.50 to get 22. (An easy way to do this mentally is to divide 77 by 7 and multiply by 2.) Therefore, m = 22.