The town of armero, colombia -- buried by mudflows triggered by the 1985
eruption at nevado del ruiz -- was located on a debris fan that was overrun
by destructive mudflows in the year 1595, shortly after the arrival of the
spanish colonists, and again in 1845, killing hundreds of people in each
instance
which resource would provide the best information on the 1985 eruption at
nevado del ruiz?
o a) an illustration identifying nevado del ruiz features
ob) a scientific article listing columbian volcanoes
oc) a map showing the location of nevado del ruiz
od) a web site detailing 20th century volcanic activity

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

it is true my friend

the answer is fantasy