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KarishmaB gmatophobia , Can you please provide an easy and innovative solution for this question ? It's getting calculation intensive and big with conventional approach .
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KarishmaB gmatophobia , Can you please provide an easy and innovative solution for this question ? It's getting calculation intensive and big with conventional approach .
­A taxi service charges $5.50 for the first 1/5th of a mile

Inference → for the first 0.20 miles, the tax charges = $5.50

$1.50 for each additional 1/5th of a mile

Inference → for the every mile, the tax charges = $7.50

Joan took a cab from her place to a flower shop 8 miles away, where she bought a bouquet, then another 3.6 miles to her mother’s place.

Total Distance = 3.6 + 8 = 11.6

Fare for the extra distance = 11.40 * 7.50 = 85.50

20 cents per minute of waiting time

Waiting Fare = 90 * 2 = $1.80

Total Fare = 85.50 + 5.50 + 1.80 = 92.80

The options are close, else we could have approximated. 
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­A taxi service charges $5.50 for the first 1/5th of a mile, $1.50 for each additional 1/5th of a mile, and 20 cents per minute of waiting time. Joan took a cab from her place to a flower shop 8 miles away, where she bought a bouquet, then another 3.6 miles to her mother’s place. The driver had to wait 9 minutes while she bought the bouquet. What was the fare?

A. $20
B. $120.20
C. $92.80
D. $91
E. $90


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The easiest way would be to convert the given miles into units of 5:

Total distance = 8 miles + 3.6 miles = 11.6 miles
= 11.6 miles * (5 units / 1 mile) = 58 units

Cost for the first unit = $5.50
Cost for additional units = 57 units * $1.50/unit = $85.50

Total distance fare = $5.50 + $85.50 = $91.00

Cost per minute = 20 cents = $0.20
Waiting time fare = 9 minutes * $0.20/minute = $1.80

Total fare = Total distance fare + Waiting time fare

Total fare = $91.00 + $1.80 = $92.80
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