Question

Jazmin takes a ride share service home from the airport. The ride share service charges $5 as an initial cost to pick her up, and $2.25 for every mile to her final destination. Jazmin's ride home cost a total of $38.75. Write an equation to represent the situation. Let m represent the number of miles to her home.

Answer 1

38.75 = 2.25 m + 5

Explanation:

It is given that :

Jazmin took a ride share service from airport to home.

The total cost of the ride service from airport to home is = $ 38.75

The ride service charged an initial cost for picker Jazmin = $ 5

Cost of the ride service for every mile = $ 2.25 per mile

Let the number of miles = m

Therefore, the equation that represents the situation is :

38.75 = 2.25 m + 5

where, m represents the number of miles.