Question

A taxi cab charges a flat fee of $1.75 plus $0.30 for each half-mile or fraction of a half-mile.

a) Fill in the chart.

b)write and equation for the function.

Answer 1

a) there is no chart but we can elaborate one:

taxi fee half-miles driven

$1.75 0

$2.05 1

$2.35 2

$2.65 3

$2.95 4

$3.25 5

$3.55 6

b) y = 0.3x + 1.75

where:

y = taxi fee

x = half miles driven