Question

You are using a taxi cab company that charges a flat fee of $5.00 and an additional $0.50 per mile. Let x represent the number of miles you drive in the taxi and y represent the amount you paid for the ride. Write an equation that can be used to find the amount of money you pay for the taxi ride.
How much would you pay if the cab ride was 20 miles long?
If you only had $25.00 in your wallet how far could you go?

Answer 1

Answer:

Equation: y=.50x+5.00

Answer 1: You would have to pay 15.00 dollars total.

Answer 2: 40 miles

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 1:

The flat fee is 5.00 dollars. plus it's 00.50 cents per mile. So, what's the half of 20? It's 10. So, 10.00 dollars plus 5.00 is $15.00 .

Answer 2:

Okay, so here, you have $25.00. So, you can go ahead and take the 5.00 away cause that's the flat fee. So, we know that you need $10.00 for 20 miles, so if we have $20.00, then that would take you 40 miles.