Solving Real-World Multistep Equations Answers

A-1 Taxi charges $12.00 for pick up and an additional $0.15 for each mile traveled. Z-6 Taxi charges $10.00 for pick up and an additional $0.25 for each mile traveled. At what mileage is the cost for both taxi services the same?

Caitlyn spends $17 at the store. She buys a mop for $5 and 3 bottles of floor cleaner. If x represents the cost of each bottle of cleaner, the equation that can be used to find the value of x is . Which shows the first step that should be taken to verify that $4 is the solution to the equation?

A theater holds 2,680 seats. The lower level has 100 less than 2 times as many seats as the upper level. The middle level has 80 more than 3 times as many seats as the upper level. How many seats are in the middle level?

Joan is buying airline tickets for her family. Each airline ticket costs $232 with a baggage fee of $13. The airline charges a booking fee of $45 for the entire set of tickets. Joan spent a total of $1,515. If x represents the number of tickets, which equation can be used to find the value of x?

The perimeters of the square and the regular pentagon are equal.What is the perimeter of each polygon?

Tomas bought 3 software apps and 2 e-books for a total of $21. The two e-books cost $12. If s represents the cost of each app, the total cost of all 5 items is represented by . Which statement about verifying the solution for s is true?

In a basketball tournament, team A scored 6 more points than 3 times as many points as team B scored. Team C scored 45 more points than team B scored. The combined scores for all three teams was 476 points. Which statement about the number of points is true?

The perimeter of a square is equal to the perimeter of an equilateral triangle. The length of a side of the square is given by x, and the length of a side of the equilateral triangle is given by . Which equation can be used to find the value of x?

The Star television costs $750 more than the Jupiter television. The two models cost $2,600 all together. Sandra writes an equation to find the cost of the two models. If c represents the cost of the Jupiter television, which of the following would be true when verifying the solution of the equation? Check all that apply.

Marcel and Floyd are playing games at an arcade. Marcel has $8.25 and is only playing $0.25 games. Floyd has $9.75 and is only playing $0.75 games. Jorge wants to find the number of games after which Marcel and Floyd will have the same amount of money remaining. Jorge’s work is shown below.Let x = the number of games played. Jorge knows his answer is incorrect because it does not make sense to have a negative number of games. What is Jorge’s error?