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 14 miles , how many miles was mike ' s ride ?
the cost of annie ' s ride was 2.5 + 5 + ( 0.25 * 14 ) = $ 11 let x be the distance of mike ' s ride . the cost of mike ' s ride is 2.5 + ( 0.25 * x ) = 11 0.25 * x = 8.5 x = 34 miles the answer is d .
divide(subtract(add(add(2.5, 5), multiply(0.25, 14)), 2.5), 0.25)