SOLUTION: a taxi cab charges 4$ per minute for local roads and 7$ per minute for highways. Max rode on a taxi can and traveled both local roads and a highway. If he spent 59$ on a ride that

Question 890030: a taxi cab charges 4$ per minute for local roads and 7$ per minute for highways. Max rode on a taxi can and traveled both local roads and a highway. If he spent 59$ on a ride that lasts 11 minutes in total, how much time did max spend in the taxi going over the local roads?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the time in minutes Max
spent on local roads
= time in minutes Max spent on
highways
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Max spent 6 minutes on local roads
check:

OKJ

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