Question

Please help me =*(




A certain taxi charges $0.85 for the first ½ mile and $0.25 for every ½ mile after that. The total cost of a trip was $8.85.

Which one is greater?

A. The trip's distance in miles

B. 16

Answer 1

i got 32.5

Answer 2

correction

Answer 3

with 1 dollar it covers=2 miles
with 8 dollars it covers=2*8=16 miles
distance covered\[=16+\frac{ 1 }{ 2 }=16\frac{ 1 }{ 2 }=16.5 ~miles\]

Answer 4

so my method is wrong?

Answer 5

i have to eat brb

Answer 6

x is no. of half miles
.85+.25(x-1)=8.85
.25x-.25=8.85-0.85=8
0.25x=8+.25=8.25
x=\[\frac{ 8.25 }{ 0.25 }=\frac{ 825 }{ 25 }=33\]
33 half miles=16.5 miles

Answer 7

hey so did i do it right?

Answer 8

please note the correction.

Answer 9

it is x-1 not x-0.5

Answer 10

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