Excerpt from "The Cloak" how does Akaky's character change as a result of deciding to cut his expenses further to save for the cloak? A. He grows more cheerful because of his resolve.
B. His compulsiveness diminishes after the first few weeks.
C. He becomes embittered from the self-imposed deprivation.
D. His obsessive nature grows stronger and nearly all-consuming.

A. He grows more cheerful because of his resolve.

Explanation:

According to the book "The Cloak", Akaky is described as unassuming, quiet and just unremarkable but after getting his new coat, he changed completely and became more full of life, smiles, and even occasional bursts of anger.

Akaky loves his coat which is already threadbare and worn out but when he decides to cut his expenses to afford his new coat, he grows more cheerful because of his resolve.

in the problem you wrote said that the taxi charges $0.070 per mile(which would be 7 cents per mile), but then in your suggested equation you have it as $0.70 per mile (which is 70 cents per mile).

the latter seems more realistic, so i will assume that the taxi costs $5.00 and charges $0.70 per mile with tolls costing an additional $3.50. and it asks you to find how far you can travel on $36.50.

let x the number of miles traveled. since the taxi charges $0.70 per mile, multiplying this by the miles traveled (x) will yield the cost of the taxi ride as far as how far it took you. then adding this amount to the cost of the taxi ($5.00) and the additional cost for the tolls ($3.50) will give you the total cost of the taxi ride ($36.50)

that is,

            (0.70)x + 5.00 + 3.50 = 36.50

adding the like terms on the left-hand side of this equation, we arrive at the following:

            (0.70)x + 8.50 = 36.50

subtracting 8.50 from both sides of the equation, we get:

            (0.70)x = 28.00

to solve for x, divide both sides of the equation above by the coefficient of x (that being, 0.70):

            x = 40

thus, you can travel up to 40 miles on $36.50

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