As my principal, mr. howard, read the names of the scholarship recipients, i held my breath in anticipation. i wanted to hear my name called and the cheers from the audience. however, my name never passed through mr. howard's lips. when the last name was read, i felt numb. the hours that i spent writing the scholarship essay felt wasted. i finally had the sinking realization that i would never be cinderella and that fairy godmothers do not exist. without that scholarship, accomplishing my dreams would be incredibly difficult.

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

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1. keep your workspace clean

2. wash your hands

3. seperate and clean chemicals and equipment

4.   use microfiber cleaning utensils

5. clean and sanitize all work surfaces

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