Question

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?

Answer 1

(initial charge to pick up passenger) + (price per mile)(number of miles) = total charge

let x = number of miles, as stated in the problem

plug in the appropriate values into the equation to generate the equation. then solve the equation for x to find the # of miles Isaac travels.