What is the purpose of the scene in leo tolstoy’s the death of ivan ilyich in which ivan ilyich thinks about the following logical argument, known as a syllogism?
"caius is a man, men are mortal, therefore caius is mortal.”
a. to show that all men are mortal and therefore ivan ilyich, a man, must die
b. to show that ivan ilyich finally acknowledges that he is dying
c. to show that ivan ilyich’s attitude toward life has not prepared him to face death
d. to show that ivan ilyich has had a good education and therefore his thoughts are sophisticated

The purpose of the following scene is (A) to show that all men are mortal and therefore Ivan Ilyich, a man, must die.

The syllogism draws a conclusion that since Caius is a man, and men are mortal, they (men, i.e. mortals) must all die.

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

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