For a ride on a rental scooter, Ali paid a \( \$ 2 \) fee to start the scooter plus 12 cents per minute of the ride. The total bill for ride was \( \$ 25.64 \). For how many minutes did Ali ride the scooter? minutes
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To find out how many minutes Ali rode the scooter, we can set up the equation based on the total cost. The total cost can be expressed as: \[ \text{Total Cost} = \text{Initial Fee} + (\text{Cost per Minute} \times \text{Number of Minutes}) \] Substituting in the values given: \[ 25.64 = 2 + (0.12 \times m) \] Where \( m \) represents the number of minutes. Rearranging the equation to solve for \( m \): 1. Subtract the initial fee from both sides: \[ 25.64 - 2 = 0.12m \] \[ 23.64 = 0.12m \] 2. Next, divide both sides by 0.12 to isolate \( m \): \[ m = \frac{23.64}{0.12} = 197 \] So, Ali rode the scooter for \( \text{197 minutes} \).