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A taxi charges $1.75 plus a fee of $0.75 for each mile traveled. The total cost of a ride, without a tip, is $4.75. How many miles is the trip? Write an equation to represent

A taxi charges $1.75 plus a fee of $0.75 for each mile traveled. The total cost of a ride, without a tip, is $4.75. How many miles is the trip? Write an equation to represent
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A taxi charges $1.75 plus a fee of $0.75 for each mile traveled. The total cost of a ride, without a tip, is $4.75. How many miles is the trip?

Write an equation to represent

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User Amadou Beye
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his trip was 4 miles

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User Burgess
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4.75= 1.75+0.75x
x=4 miles

1)simplify both sides of equation
2) Flip te equation = 0.75x+1.75=4.75
3) Subtract 1.75 from both sides
4) Divide both sides by 0.75


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User Fareed Radzi
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