Question

A taxi driver wrote a formula to represent the mileage and fee for his last customer. He wrote the equation 3.00 + 0.50 m = 9.50, where m represents the number of miles traveled.

Answer 1

Answer:

Value of miles traveled (m) = 13 mile

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Equation

3.00 + 0.50 m = 9.50

Find:

Value of miles traveled (m)

Computation:

3.00 + 0.50 m = 9.50

0.50 m = 9.50 - 3.00

0.50 m = 6.50

m = 6.50 / 0.50

m = 13

Value of miles traveled (m) = 13 mile

Answer 2

Answer:

The question is not complete, below is the complete question:

A taxi driver wrote a formula to represent the mileage and fee for his last customer. He wrote the equation 3.00 + 0.50 m = 9.50, where m represents the number of miles traveled.

Which statement shows the meaning of the driver's equation? Check all that apply.

a.) Three dollars added to $0.50 is the same as $9.50.

b.) Three dollars plus $0.50 times the number of miles is equal to nine dollars and fifty cents.

c.) Three dollars more than the quotient of $0.50 and the number of miles is nine dollars and fifty cents.  

d.) The product of the number of miles and the sum of $3 and $0.50 is equal to $9.50.

e.) The sum of three dollars and the product of 50 cents times the number of miles is nine dollars and fifty cents.

Answers

The correct answers are:

b

e.) The sum of three dollars and the product of 50 cents times the number of miles is nine dollars and fifty cents.

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula written by the driver is: 3.00 + 0.50 m = 9.50

where m = number of miles travelled

This means that when the product of 0.50 and the number of miles travelled 'm' is added to $3, the result is 9.50

And this is the same explanation as the following options:

a.) Three dollars($3) plus $0.50 times the number of miles is equal to nine dollars and fifty cents($9.50).

e.) e.) The sum of three dollars and the product of 50 cents times the number of miles is nine dollars and fifty cents;

note that 50 cents is the same as $0.50