Question

lynne took a taxicab from her office to the airport. she had to pay a flat fee of $2.05 plus $0.90 per mile. the total cost was $5.65. how many miles was the taxi trip?

Answer 1

2.05 + 0.90m = 5.65
0.90m = 5.65 - 2.05
0.90m = 3.60
m = 3.60 / 0.90
m = 4 <=== the taxi trip was 4 miles

Answer 2

The distance traveled by the taxi on trip is 4 miles.

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A word problem is a verbal description of a problem situation. It consists of few sentences describing a 'real-life' scenario where a problem needs to be solved by way of a mathematical calculation.

For the given situation,

Flat fee of a taxicab = $2.05

Fees per mile = $0.90

The total cost = $5.65

Distance traveled by the taxi on trip is

⇒ $\frac{5.65-2.05}{0.90}$

⇒ $\frac{3.60}{0.90}$

⇒ $4$

Hence we can conclude that the distance traveled by the taxi on trip is   4 miles.

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