Calculate the maximum distance you can travel with $8.50 on a cab which charges $3.50 for the first quarter-mile and 10 cents for each additional quarter mile.
A
11.75 miles
B
12.75 miles
C
17.75 miles
D
14.75 miles
E
10.75 miles
Correct answer: B
Explanation
Subtract the fee for te first quarter mile $8.50 - $3.50 = $5
Calculate how many extra additional quarter miles---$5/10 cents => 50 quarter miles => 12.5 miles
Total distance is 12.5 miles + 1/4 (first quarter mile)
Source: Algebra word problems from the AQuA-RAT dataset (Ling et al., 2017), published by Google DeepMind under the Apache License 2.0.
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