a taxi company charges $ 1.15 for the first quarter of a mile and fifteen cents for each additional quarter of a mile . what is the maximum distance someone could travel with $ 4.90 ?
if we start out with $ 4.90 and have to spend $ 1.15 for the first quarter - mile , we will have $ 3.75 left to spend on quarter - mile intervals . since $ 3.75 / $ 0.15 = 25 , we can buy 25 more quarter - miles , and will travel 26 quarter miles in all : 26 × 1 / 4 = 6 1 / 2 miles . the correct answer is choice ( e ) .
divide(divide(multiply(subtract(4.9, 1.15), const_100), const_3), const_4)