Consider what you already knew about the mythological character, Icarus, before
reading this poem. How does this poem
cause your perception of Icarus to
change? Explain.

Previously, I knew of Icarus as being the boy who got too greedy and flew towards the sun without thinking of the consequences. After, I believe he had good reason to. He had been trapped in Crete for so long, that he was so excited to see the world and all that was of it. Icarus is meant to teach people to be mindful of consequences before you perform any actions, even if it does seem like the best option in the moment. Don't let your greed override your logical side.

Explanation:

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

yes, they are. i think.