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7-59.
Lynne took a taxicab from her office to the airport. She had to pay
How much would she need to pay to go a distance of
miles? How much to travel miles? If each mile costs
, miles would cost . plus the flat fee of .
How much wouldmiles cost? miles : $11
miles: Her total cost was
. Represent the cost of her trip with an equation. How far did she travel? Show your work. If we let a variable represent the miles traveled, we can create an expression to represent the cost for her transportation.
Since each mile costs
, this can be represented as .
Because she had to also pay a flat fee, this can be represented as a constant,.
How many miles did she travel?