SOLUTION: If a taxi ride costs d dollars a mile for the first x miles, and d+n dollars for each additional mile, what is the cost, in dollars, to ride x+y miles?

Question 206267: If a taxi ride costs d dollars a mile for the first x miles, and d+n dollars for each additional mile, what is the cost, in dollars, to ride x+y miles?
Found 2 solutions by Marth, stanbon:
Answer by Marth(57) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"d dollars a mile for the first x miles"
To ride x miles, it costs
"d+n dollars for each additional mile"
To ride y more miles, it costs

So to ride miles it costs

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If a taxi ride costs d dollars a mile for the first x miles, and d+n dollars for each additional mile, what is the cost, in dollars, to ride x+y miles?------------------------------------------------------------
cost = dx + (d+n)y
cost = dx + dy + ny
cost = d(x+y)+ny
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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