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. Do not use any spaces or extra symbols.

Answer 1

`5+2.25m=38.75`

Explanation:

Let
`m` represent the number of miles to Jazmin's home.

Initial cost to pick Jazmin
`=\$5`

Cost per mile
`=\$2.25`

Therefore,

Cost for
`m` miles
`=\$2.25m`

Total cost of Jazmin's ride = Initial cost to pick Jazmin + Cost for
`m` miles

=
`5+2.25m`

Also, total cost incurred
`=\$38.75`

So, equation that represent the above situation is
`5+2.25m=38.75`