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.

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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
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First subtract the $2.00 for the first mile.
3.95-2.00=1.95
Find out how many 1/10 miles cost $1.95.
N=1.95%2F0.15=13
So she traveled an additional 13 tenths or 1.3 miles.
M=1%2B1.3=2.3miles
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d) is the correct answer