Read the formal letter below, and then answer the question. 255 Maple Street Billings, Montana 31587 March 8, 2019 Ms. Taryn Mitchell 456 Circle Canyon Boston, Massachusetts 53912 Dear Ms. Mitchell: I am writing to ask about your upcoming robotics conference in Billings. I understand that you sometimes hire volunteers. I have enclosed my resume and a list of references for your consideration. As you will see, my course of study is related to the topic of robotics. In addition, I have experience as a volunteer for a local technology company. I believe I have many of the skills you are looking for in volunteers. Sincerely, Pat Williams What is the purpose of this letter? to request information about the conference to offer suggestions about topics for the conference to explain how the conference would benefit the writer to apply for a position to work at the conference

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

no

this is what i put and it was correct

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