SOLUTION: A taxi cab driver charges his passengers $2.00 for a trip that is one mile or less. For trips over 1 mile, she adds a charge of 15� for every tenth of a mile past the first mile.

Question 326730: A taxi cab driver charges his passengers $2.00 for a trip that is one mile or less. For trips over 1 mile, she adds a charge of 15� for every tenth of a mile past the first mile. One passenger was charged $3.95. How far did that passenger travel?
a.14 miles b.13 miles c.2.6 miles d.2.3 miles e.1.3 miles

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First subtract the $2.00 for the first mile.

Find out how many 1/10 miles cost $1.95.

So she traveled an additional 13 tenths or 1.3 miles.
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