SOLUTION: for a taxi ride, there is a fixed charge of 2.80 plus a charge of 2.15 per mile.
a) write a model for the total cost, C(x), to ride x miles in the taxi.
b) if sallys taxi rid
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Question 888508: for a taxi ride, there is a fixed charge of 2.80 plus a charge of 2.15 per mile.
a) write a model for the total cost, C(x), to ride x miles in the taxi.
b) if sallys taxi ride costs 26.45 find the number of miles sally rode in the taxi
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The distance price is a slope, and the fixed charge is a vertical axis intercept. You have C(x) instead of y; you have x to mean distance of taxi trip. You are trying to formulate a linear function. Does that help you enough?
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