SOLUTION: please help me.i am stuck if the charge for a taxi ride is 2.50 dollars for the first 1/2 mile and 0.75 for each additional 1/8 mile,how many miles did the taxi travel for a ride

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Question 933359: please help me.i am stuck
if the charge for a taxi ride is 2.50 dollars for the first 1/2 mile and 0.75 for each additional 1/8 mile,how many miles did the taxi travel for a ride that cost 10.75 dollars
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
More than half mile.
10.75-2.50, the cost for the distance-1%2F2.
How many 1%2F8 of mile in that cost?

%2810.75-2.50%29%2Adollars%2A%281%2F0.75%29%28eigthsOfmiles%2Fdollar%29

%288.25%2F%280.75%29%29%2AeighthsOfmile

11 eigths of a mile
11%2F8 miles,
%281%263%2F8%2Amiles%29
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Total distance, 4%2F8%2B11%2F8
15%2F8
highlight%281%267%2F8%2Amiles%29


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Adjusted minor unit mistake