Karina is writing a paragraph comparing and contrasting her experiences on her school’s lacrosse and soccer teams. point: like the soccer team captains, the lacrosse team captains really set the tone for the season. illustration: shane and millie, the seniors on the lacrosse squad, organized a team dinner and movie night, while nina, the soccer captain, barely even acknowledged us first-year players. based on the point and illustration, which is the best explanation or analysis of the evidence? the lacrosse team was more welcoming to freshmen than the soccer team. the lacrosse and soccer teams provided equally friendly environments for new players. the lacrosse team cared more about team unity than winning. the lacrosse team members were more competitive than the girls on the soccer team.

Actually I just took the test and the answer is A. the lacrosse team was more welcoming to freshman than the soccer team

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