Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Chapters 1-3 Discussion Questions: 1. What is the tone of the book, based on the first three chapters? Give two examples of diction that help to achieve this tone.

2. Look up the definition of transcendentalism. How are the characteristics and ideals of Chris McCandless similar to that of the transcendentalists?

3. Jon Krakauer admits that he is not objective in reporting the story of Chris McCandless, but also encourages the reader to determine whether McCandless’ actions and behavior are “admirably courageous or reckless.” Based on what you’ve read so far, which description do you think is the best fit?

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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did you ever get an answer? i'm on the same question : (

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