SOLUTION: A taxi company charges a flat fee of $3.00 for each pick-up and $0.75 per mile. Miles driven will be the independent variable (x) and cost will be the dependent variable (y).

Question 1166797: A taxi company charges a flat fee of $3.00 for each pick-up and $0.75 per mile. Miles driven will be the independent variable (x) and cost will be the dependent variable (y).
Found 2 solutions by solver91311, Theo:
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
your equation is:

y = .75 * x + 3

3 is the flat fee for each pickup.
x is the number of miles driven.
y is the total cost.

in this equation, x is the independent variable.
the value of x is provided in a manner that is external to the equation.
once you provide that value, the equation is then used to find the value of y.
y is the dependent variable because the value of y is dependent on the value of x.
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