Question

Jazmin takes a ride share service home from the airport. The ride share service charges $5 as an initial cost to pick her up, and $2.25 for every mile to her final destination. Jazmin's ride home cost a total of $38.75.
Write an equation to represent the situation. Let m represent the number of miles to her home. Do not use any spaces or extra symbols.

Answer 1

Answer:

$5+2.25m=38.75$

Step-by-step explanation:

Let $m$ represent the number of miles to Jazmin's home.

Initial cost to pick Jazmin $=\ 5$

Cost per mile $=\ 2.25$

Therefore,

Cost for $m$ miles $=\ 2.25m$

Total cost of Jazmin's ride = Initial cost to pick Jazmin + Cost for $m$ miles

                                            = $5+2.25m$

Also, total cost incurred $=\ 38.75$

So, equation that represent the above situation is $5+2.25m=38.75$