Problema Solution
At new york city's la guardia airport, one parking garage charges a one time transportation fee of $2.75 plus $22 for indoor parking per day. How many days has a car been parked at this location if the parking charge is $134.75?
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The airport charges a rate of 2.75 dollars per day, with an initial fee of 22 dollars, with the total fee being 134.75 dollars. You set up the equation: 2.75x + 22 = 134.75. Subtract 22 from both sides and you get 2.75x = 112.75. Now you divide both sides by 2.75 to isolate x and you get x = 41.
This means that the car has been parked indoors in the parking lot for 41 days.