Question

Subway Cost. Chandler Heisinger buys a monthly Metro Card, which entitles him to unlimited subway travel in New York City, for $81 per month. Without the Metro Card, each subway ride costs $2.00. How many rides per month would Chandler have to take so that the costs of the rides with the Metro Card is less than the cost of the rides without the Metro Card?

Answer 1

figure out how many times 2 goes into 81.

Answer 2

just divide 81 by 2.....

Answer 3

then thats the answer......

Answer 4

ok

Answer 5

what did you get?

Answer 6

40.5

Answer 7

so the answer is what?

Answer 8

40.5

Answer 9

it would be 40 because you cant take half of a ride. In the question it asks for it to be MORE than 81.....

Answer 10

40 is less than 81 it has to be greater

Answer 11

ok

Answer 12

so how many more times do you have to add 2 to 40 to make it larger than 81?

Answer 13

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