Input data
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.
