SOLUTION: A cab ride in a small town cost a base fee of nine dollars per person plus $.50 for every mile so the cost of a cab ride for one person can be determined by the equation Y equals .

Question 1157295: A cab ride in a small town cost a base fee of nine dollars per person plus $.50 for every mile so the cost of a cab ride for one person can be determined by the equation Y equals .50 X +9 dollars where y is the fair and xis the distance of the ride in miles. use the graph to estimate to the nearest quarter of $.25 the cost of cab ride for one person that is 4 miles.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The fare is y=0.50x+9 (dollars)
when x=4 miles, y=0.5*4+9=$11

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