This is my word problem I got, sorry I'm really dumb. Anyway its,
A taxi ride costs $5.50 and then $0.95 per minute. Frank paid $22.60 for a taxi ride. How many minutes did franks ride take?
.95m + 5.5 = 22.6
solve for m
this is what I got m=18.
did I get it right?
correct, 18 minutes for the ride.
No problem at all! Let's break down the problem step by step.
We are given the following details:
- The initial cost of a taxi ride is $5.50.
- The cost per minute is $0.95.
- Frank paid a total of $22.60 for the taxi ride.
- We need to find out how many minutes Frank's ride took.
To solve the problem, we need to consider the additional cost of the minutes Frank spent in the taxi. We'll subtract the fixed cost of $5.50 from the total amount Frank paid to determine the cost of the minutes.
Total amount paid - Fixed cost = Cost of minutes
$22.60 - $5.50 = Cost of minutes
This gives us the cost of the minutes, which we can then divide by the cost per minute to find out how many minutes Frank's ride took.
Cost of minutes ÷ Cost per minute = Number of minutes
Now let's calculate:
$22.60 - $5.50 = $17.10 (Cost of minutes)
$17.10 ÷ $0.95 = Number of minutes
Using a calculator, we can divide $17.10 by $0.95 to find the number of minutes:
$17.10 ÷ $0.95 = 18
Therefore, Frank's ride took 18 minutes.