SOLUTION: Blue bell taxi company charges $3.25 per ride and .85 per mile after the fourth mile. What is the calculations and cost if it�s 3 miles

Question 1123256: Blue bell taxi company charges $3.25 per ride and .85 per mile after the fourth mile. What is the calculations and cost if it�s 3 miles
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, MathTherapy:
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = total number of miles driven
For each ride, the cost is:

I think the 2nd term only applies after 4 miles driven,
So if ,

$3.25
Other opinions may differ

Answer by MathTherapy(10555) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Blue bell taxi company charges $3.25 per ride and .85 per mile after the fourth mile. What is the calculations and cost if it�s 3 miles

We get the following PIECE-WISE function: , with M and C(M) representing the miles covered and the cost of each trip, respectively.
Now, you calculate what a 3-mile trip costs.
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