In one u. s. city the taxi cost is $2 plus $ .50 per mile. if you are traveling from the airport, there is an additional charge of $4.00 for tolls. how far can you travel from the airport by taxi for $23.50?

Amira is painting a rectangular banner 2 1/4 yards wide. the banner will have a blue background. amira has enough paint to cover 1 1/2 square yards of the wall. the school colors are blue and yellow, so amira wants to add yellow rectangles on the left and right sides of the blue rectangle. the yellow rectangles will each be 3/4 yards wide and the same height as the blue rectangle. what will be the total area of the two yellow rectangles?