Question

Rapid taxi is a company that picks up costumers and drives them anywhere they want to go. Janie is looking at rapid taxi prices. Rapid taxi charges based on the formula y=2x+5 where x the number of miles is and y the total cost. Janie has $27 what is the maximum number of miles,x, Janie can ride in the rapid taxi? Show all work.

Answer 1

Answer: The correct answer is 11 miles.

Step-by-step explanation: In order to solve this problem you need to replace y with $27.

27 = 2x + 5

Subtract 5 from each side:

22 = 2x

Divide both sides by 2:

11 = x

Therefore, she has enough money to travel up to 11 miles.