Maya took a taxi from her house to the airport. The taxi company charged a pick-up fee of $1.90 plus $4.50 per mile. The total fare was $24.40, not including the tip.
Write and solve an equation which can be used to determine m, the number of miles
in the taxi ride.

geometry: triangles

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call the larger triangle abc

then the smaller triangle cde is similar to abc (all angles are equal, aaa).  

ab is the side that is 36, and we wish to find de, the side corresponding to ab

area_cde = area_abc - area_cde --> area_abc / area_cde = 2

let x=length of de

ratio of areas = (ratio of sides)^2

+2+=+%2836%2fx%29%5e2+

+2+=+1296%2fx%5e2+

++x%5e2+=+1296%2f2+=+648+

25.45584

answer: x=60

3+3+3+2*2*2+29*12 = 365

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