document.write( "Question 98397: This is for our Chapter 2 test and he never explained ive tried and tried to get the soultion and I've came up with $2.26 and my husband came up with $10.77 so Here goes.
\n" ); document.write( " Recently, the Texas Junior College Teachers Association annual conferance was held in Austin. At That time a taxi ride in Austin was $1.25 for the first 1/5 of a mile and $0.25 for each addtional 1/5 of a mile. The distance from one of the convention hotels to the airport is 7.5 miles. If you were to tip the driver of the taxi 15%, how much would it cost to take the taxi from the hotel to the airport? \n" ); document.write( "

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WE START WITH 1.25 FOR THE FIRST .2 MILES.
\n" ); document.write( "THEN WE ADD .25 FOR THE REMAINING 7.3 MILES IN .2 MILE INCREMENTS.
\n" ); document.write( "THERE ARE 7.3/.2=36.5 1/5 (OR .2) MILE INCREMENTS.
\n" ); document.write( "NOW WE MULTIPLY THESE 36.5 INCREMENTS BY .25=9.125
\n" ); document.write( "NEXT WE ADD THESE TWO FEES 1.25+9.125=10.375 FOR THE BASE FEE.
\n" ); document.write( "NOW WE MULTIPLY THIS BY 1.15 TO INCLUDE THE 15% TIP.
\n" ); document.write( "(1.25+[.25*7.3/.2])1.15
\n" ); document.write( "(1.25+[1.825/.2])1.15
\n" ); document.write( "(1.25+9.125)1.15
\n" ); document.write( "10.375*1.25=$11.93 FOR THE TAXI RIDE. \n" ); document.write( "

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