A taxi driver wrote a formula to represent the mileage and fee for his last customer. He wrote the equation 3.00 + 0.50m =9.50,
where m represents the number of miles traveled. Which statement shows the meaning of the driver’s equation? Check all that apply.
1. Three dollars added to $0.50 is the same as $9.50.
2. Three dollars plus $0.50 times the number of miles is equal to nine dollars and fifty cents.
3. Three dollars more than the quotient of $0.50 and the number of miles is nine dollars and fifty cents.
4. The product of the number of miles and the sum of $3 and $0.50 is equal to $9.50.
5. The sum of three dollars and the product of 50 cents times the number of miles is nine dollars and fifty cents.
