Yuan needs to take a taxi to get to the movies. The taxi charges $3.50 for the first mile, and then $2.50 for each mile after that. If the total charge is $9.75, how far is Yuan's taxi ride to the movie?

3.5 miles
2.8 miles
2.5 miles
3.9 miles

Question

Yuan needs to take a taxi to get to the movies. The taxi charges $3.50 for the first mile, and then $2.50 for each mile after that. If the total charge is $9.75, how far is Yuan's taxi ride to the movie?

	3.5 miles
	2.8 miles
	2.5 miles
	3.9 miles

mackenzie2013 · Answer

Can someone please explain the steps?

ryanchick · Answer

divid

anonymous · Answer

I gotcha

anonymous · Answer

So first subtract $3.50 from $9.75 to get $6.25.

anonymous · Answer

We now know for sure that she at least went one mile.

anonymous · Answer

Now we multiply $2.50 by 2 to get $5

anonymous · Answer

Now subtract $5 from $6.25 to get $1.25

anonymous · Answer

This is half of the price for one miles which means she only went half a mile.

anonymous · Answer

Now if we refer to our earlier problems we can deduce that she traveled 3.5 miles.

mackenzie2013 · Answer

Thank you so much. I wasnt understanding it.

mackenzie2013 · Answer

@BigPoppa117 , I had one more problem after this, and I keep getting 5.5, yet it said it was wrong..
Heres the problem - 
Yuan needs to take a taxi to get to the movies. The taxi charges $4.00 for the first mile, and then $2.75 for each mile after that. If the total charge is $19.13, how far is Yuan's taxi ride to the movie?
        4.8 miles
	5.5 miles
	7 miles
	6.5 miles