He had never before known such penury. there was no money for medicine, no money for even a night's lodging. truth be told, he wasn't sure he could remember the last time he had slept in a bed. not only was there no money for food, but he had been unable to locate even a charity soup kitchen for a meal. huddled in the corner of an alley in the unfamiliar city, he pulled the discarded newspaper and boxes close around him. that, he thought, may break the wind and also make me harder to see. he lulled himself into an uneasy sleep imagining how he might convince someone to give him a few dollars—or a job—now there would be dream! which phrases below you figure out the meaning of penury? select all that apply.

The phrases that help you figure out the meaning of penury are:

-There was no money for medicine, no money for even a night's lodging.

-Not only was there no money for food, but he had been unable to locate even a charity soup kitchen for a meal.

Explanation:

In the first sentence the author says that "He had never before known such penury" and then in the next sentences he explains the situation, so those sentences help you figure out the meaning of the word that is being very poor as the author says that there was no money for medicine, lodging or food.

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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