A painter rented a wallpaper steamer at 9am and returned it at 4pm. He paid a total of $12.84. What was the rental cost per?

let y equal to

the total fare and x is the mile of taxi ride. so the equation is

y = 0.55x + 1.75

since susie has

$10 to spend for a taxi cab, so he can have

10 = 0.55x +

1.75

x = 15 miles of

taxi ride

so the system of

inequality is

10 < 0.55x +

1.75

x > 2

2 pecks

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