Using a story of ratios or tape diagram answer this question. a taxi cab in myrtle beach charges $2 per mile and $1 for every person. if a taxi cab ride for two people costs $12, how far did the taxi cab travel?

Answer : The taxi cab traveled 5 miles.

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The median segment divides the triangle into 2 isosceles triangles and everything else is trivial.|ad|=|bc|2=|bd|soδadb  is isosceles with∠dab=∠dbasimilarlyδadc  is isosceles with  ∠dac=∠dca∠cab=∠cad+∠bad=∠acb+∠abctherefore∠cab  is a right angleandbc  is the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle.hope this