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A white water rafting company sells tickets for an 18 mile river trip for $249. How much does it cost to travel one mile? Round to nearest whole dollar. How many miles do you travel for one dollar? round to one decimal place.

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18 mile river trip

$249

Ratio?

Procedure

R = ratio

[tex]\begin{gathered} R=\frac{249}{18} \\ R=13.8333\text{ \$/mile} \end{gathered}[/tex]

13.8 dollars per mile

To calculate how many miles I can travel for one dollar we will use the following expression

[tex]M=\frac{1}{R}=\frac{1}{13.8}=0.072\text{ miles}[/tex]

You can travel 0.072 miles with one dollar.

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