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Nicole took a taxi from her house to the airport. The taxi company charged a pick-up fee of $2.90 plus $1.75 per mile. The total fare was $44.90, not including the tip. Write and solve an equation which can be used to determine xx, the number of miles in the taxi ride.

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Answer:

  24 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

The total fare is the sum of the pickup fee and the mileage charge. For xx miles, the mileage charge will be 1.75xx, so the total is ...

  1.75xx +2.90 = 44.90 . . .  equation for xx

  1.75xx = 42.00 . . . . . subtract 2.90

  xx = 24 . . . . . . . . . divide by 1.75

The number of miles in Nicole's taxi ride was 24.

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