Question

8. Syairra needs to take an Uber to get to

the airport. The Uber charges $5.00 for
the first mile, and then $3.00 for each mile
after that. If the total charge is $62.00,
then how far was Syairra's taxi ride to the
airport?

Answer 1

Answer: 20 miles

Explanation:

Since the Uber charges $5.00 for the first mile you have to subtract that from the total which is 62.

62.00 - 5.00 = 57.00

Then you keep subtracting 3.00 from 57.00 or you can divide 57 by 3 because 57 is how much money is left and the Uber charges 3 dollars for each mile after the first.

57.00 divided by 3.00 is 19

Then add 1 to 19 which equals 20 miles. You add 1 to 19 because 19 is the amount of miles she goes but that doesn’t include the 1st mile.

Sorry if this is confusing

Answer 2

you would do “62=3x+5”

subtract 5 from both sides to get 57=3x
divide both sides by 3 to get 19.

the answer is 19 miles