Tony read the following passage in a myth:

young krishna and his friends played in the fields all day as they watched the calves. one day, as they played, agasura, an eight-mile long snake, lay down on the path. agasura opened his mouth widely, determined to swallow krishna and his friends. the great snake’s enormous mouth looked just like a cave. his tongue looked like a path, and his breath seemed like an eerie warm breeze.

in a footnote, tony learned that agasura is a servant of the evil king kamsa, who is determined to kill the child, krishna
what useful background information does the footnote provide?

a. it tells that snakes are worshipped in this culture.
b. it tells that in this culture, the killing of humans is allowed.
c. it tells that this culture has great respect for children.
d. it tells that in this culture, nobility, or being a king, does not always make one good

I believe the answer is D

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

is there a passage to this question if so plz take a picture