Mike took a taxi to the airport and paid $2.50 to start plus $0.25 per mile. Annie took a different route to the airport and paid $2.50 plus $5.00 in bridge toll fees plus $0.25 per mile. If each was charged exactly the same amount, and Annie's ride was 26 miles, how many miles was Mike's ride?
Select
A) 20
B) 30
C) 36
D) 46
E) 54

Rationale: "the cost of annie ' s ride was 2.5 + 5 + ( 0.25 * 26 ) = $ 14 let x be the distance of mike ' s ride . the cost of mike ' s ride is 2.5 + ( 0.25 * x ) = 14 0.25 * x = 11.5 x = 46 miles the answer is d ."
Answer: D