Yellow Cab charges a $3.75 flat rate and 32 cents per mile. Checker Taxi charges a flat rate of $6.50 and 26 cents per mile. After how many miles is it cheaper to take Checker Taxi?
1 Answer
Feb 26, 2017
45.85 miles... but rounds off to 46 miles.
Explanation:
So basically, you start by first defining your variable:
Let
The equation would be:
3.75 + .32
Since you already have the equation, you just need to solve it. You first subtract .26
This makes the equation:
3.75 + .06
After this, you subtract 3.75 from both sides.
This gives you:
.06
You can multiply both sides by
.2
Then you multiply both sides by 5 to get:
This can be further rounded to 46 miles if you want it in whole numbers.