Lupita rides a taxi that charges a flat rate of $6.75 plus $3.20 per mile. if the taxi charges lupita $40.03 in total for her trip, how many miles is her ride?

10.4 miles

40.03 - 6.75 = 33.28

33.28 / 3.20 = 10.4

the mistake in the pattern is that :

b. the decimal point was moved one too many place values each time

the correct pattern could be made by :

b. moving the decimal point to the right the same numbers of place values as the exponents