At New York City's LaGuardia airport, one parking garage charges a onetime transportaton fee of $2.75 plus $22 for indoor parking per day. How many days has a car been parked at this location if the parking charge is $134.75?

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anonymous · Answer

We begin with $134.75 and subtracting the onetime transportation fee of $2.75
$134.75-$2.75=$132.00 from this we simply divide it by $22.00 to give us the number of times (or days) that the daily fee of $22 has been added.  So
$132.00/$22.00=6 days