SOLUTION: The cost of a taxi ride is $ 4.20 4.20 for the first mile and $ 2.50 2.50 for each additional mile. If a rider paid $ 49.20 49.20 , how many miles did they travel?

Question 1185322: The cost of a taxi ride is $
4.20
4.20
for the first mile and $
2.50
2.50
for each additional mile.
If a rider paid $
49.20
49.20
, how many miles did they travel?

Answer by greenestamps(13195) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let x be the number of miles after the first (so the number of miles traveled will be x+1).

The cost for the first mile is $4.20; the cost of each of the x additional miles is $2.50; the total cost was $49.20:

ANSWER: The number of miles traveled was x+1=19

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