Question

You buy a day pass to use the subway for $5. After buying the pass, you pay $2 per ride. Write an equation to describe how much money, y, you pay to ride x number of rides.

Answer 1

Hi there!

So here says that when I buy a day pass using the subway I pay $5 and $2 per ride.

This means that it’ll be $7 per ride.

y=7

x=1

So for every 1 ride on the subway, I have to spend $7.