SOLUTION: Could you help me solve this word problem? The taxi cab driver charges a dollar seventy five to pick you up + $0.15 per mile how many miles can you travel if he has $32. This is ho
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Question 1012537: Could you help me solve this word problem? The taxi cab driver charges a dollar seventy five to pick you up + $0.15 per mile how many miles can you travel if he has $32. This is how I set the equation of 1.75 + .15 x equals 32 and my answer is not looking correct, 201.6 miles cannot be right
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Yes, the set up is
1.75 + .15x = 32
.15x = 30.25
x = 30.25/.15 = 201.7 miles
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