Question

Tyler hires a Lift driver to give him a ride to Wild

Rivers. It costs $4 to download the Lift app and then
$1.50 for every mile they have to drive you. Tyler's
trip to Wild Rivers cost $23.50. Write an equation
and solve to find the number of miles (m) the Lift
driver had to drive Tyler.

Answer 1

23.50=1.50x+4, m=13

Explanation:

The $4 is a constant, no matter how many times the app is used, the $4 amount will stay. The $1.50 is dependant on how many times the action is preformed so it has to be put with M. Overall, the cost is 23.50 which is why the entire equation is equal to $23.50.

Subtract 4 from the 23.50, then divide that result with 1.50