Ataxi charges a flat rate of $1.75, plus an additional $0.65 per mile. if erica has at most $10 to spend on the cab ride, how far could she travel? (write the inequality that can be used to solve the word problem. solve the problem and write the answer in a complete sentence)

Solution:

As per the problem we have

A taxi charges a flat rate of $1.75, plus an additional $0.65 per mile.

Erica has at most $10 to spend on the cab ride.

we have been asked to find how far could she travel?

Suppose Erica can ride a maximum of x miles. Then we can write

Hence Erica can ride for 12.692 miles.