To take a taxi, it costs / $3.00$3.00 plus an additional / $2.00$2.00 per mile traveled. You spent exactly / $20$20 on a taxi, which includes the / $1$1 tip you left. How many miles did you travel?

Answer: 8 miles you traveled.

8 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

To take a taxi initial cost = $ 3.00

Per mile cost = $ 2.00

Total spent = $20

Tip Given = $ 1

To find:

Total miles traveled=?

Solution:

Now the total cost f the ride was $ 20

As we see that initial cost for all the trips would stay the same

Let someone travels x miles

then according to the given

Initial cost + 2 * miles traveled + tip = total cost

Putting from the given values it becomes

3 + 2 * x + 1 = 20

Now we have to find x here which is the total miles traveled

solving the above equation

3+1+2x=20

4+2x=20

2x=20-4

2x=16

dividing both sides by 2

x = 8 miles

so total miles travelled by the person is 8 miles