The Allied Taxi Company charges $2.50 to pick up a passenger and then adds $1.95 per mile. Isaac was charged $27.46 to go from one city to another. If x represents the number of miles driven by the taxi, which linear equation can be used to solve this problem, and how many miles did Isaac travel, rounded to the nearest tenth?

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total cost = (cost per mile)(number of miles) + (pick-up fee)

substitute the appropriate values/variables into the problem and solve for the number of miles