Question

Thomas rented a bus so he and his friends could go to a concert. He had to pay a flat fee of $40 for the bus plus an additional $0.70 per mile. If he paid a total of $104.40, how many miles in total was the trip?

Answer 1

so if Thomas payed $40 for the bus we have to find what he payed not including the $40 bus fee.

so we have to subtract 40 from the total price of $104.40.

the equation is 104.40-40=?

104.40-40=$64.40 payed outside the bus fee.

now we have to figure out how many times .70 fits into 64.40

the equation would be 64.40/.70 which means we are dividing 64.40 by .70

so 64.40/.70=92

Thomas and his friends traveled a total of 92 miles to go to the concert.

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