a taxi service charges $2.40 for the first mile of a ride and $1.40 for every additional mile. linda planned to give a $2 tip for the taxi driver. how many miles can she ride for $10?

5 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

2 as a baseline then add 2.40 for first mile which then comes up to 4.40. 4.40 plus 1.40 = 5.80 plus 1.40 = 7.20 plus 1.40 = 8.60 plus 1.40 = 10. then we count the amount of 1.40's we added which was 4. and then we account for the first mile so there we have 5 miles

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step-by-step explanation:

we need to solve for 'x' the following equation:  

we have that:

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factorizing, we get that:

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then, the solutions are: or

nothing extraneous has been found!

10

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