Read the story and choose the title that best fits the focus of the narrative. Nia can't believe that Jill asked her to hang out with the cool kids. She
never thought she would fit in at her new school. But problems arise
when Jill asks Nia to stay out late with her and her friends. Nia knows
that her parents told her to be home by 10 p. m. She forgot her cell
phone too, so she can't even text them. Nia wants to be Jill's friend, but
she doesn't want to disappoint her parents.

A. Fitting In

B. What Is Cool?

C. Nia's Choice

D. The Forgotten Phone

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

these have to be in your own words

answer: i chose a.

explanation:

do you have a copy of the poem?