Taxi costs

Question

In one US city, the taxi cost is $3 plus $0.60 per mile. If you are traveling from the airport, there is an additional charge of $4.50 for tolls. How far can you travel from the airport by taxi for $34.50?

Answer 1

For this question you will be using both subtraction and division. To set it up you will first use your known amount of money you have to spend, as well as the known charges. That will then give you your amount of money that is left over after your charges, and then you can figure out your max miles.

This is how you set up your problem: $34.50-$4.50-$3=$27. This gives you the total amount of money you have left after the initial charges of the taxi cost and tolls from the airport. You will then take your answer and divide it by the charge per mile to get your final answer. Setting up problem to find miles: $27÷$0.60 per mile= 45 miles

With $34.50 you are able to travel 45 miles from the airport by taxi.

Answer 2

We subtract the toll fee ($4.50) from our initial amount, which leaves $30.00

 

We then subtract the taxi cost of $3.00, which leaves $27.00

 

We then divide that amount by $0.60/mile, which yields 45 miles.

Answer 3

Hi Ryan.

 

Let's begin by assigning a letter to represent our unknown:

    x = miles from airport

 

Next, let's write an equation to express the total cost of the taxi ride from the airport and then solve it for our unknown (x):

    Flat Fee + Tolls Fee + Charge/Mile = Total Charge

    3.00 + 4.50 + 0.60x = 34.50

    7.50 + 0.60x = 34.50

    0.60x = 34.50 - 7.50

    0.60x = 27.00

    x = 27.00/0.60

    x = 45 miles from airport

 

Thanks for submitting this problem and glad to help.

 

God bless, Jordan (Romans 5:8)