Question

Help i’ll give brainliest

Answer 1

Answer:

It will cost $36.38 to travel 8.9 miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to get how much it will cost to travel 8.9 miles, you need to first set up a linear equation (in slope-intercept form, which is $y=mx+b$ ). You can do this with what the problem has given us. Since there's a flat fee of $3, that is the y-intercept or the $b$ slope-intercept form. Then there is $3.75 added for every additional mile traveled, making it the slope or the $m$ in slope-intercept form. That makes the equation look like:

$y=3.75x+3$

The $x$ in that equation represents how far you traveled. Therefore in order to find out 8.9 miles, plug in 8.9 for $x$.

$y=3.75(8.9)+3$

Simply solve the equation and you will have how much it will cost to travel 8.9 miles.

$y=33.375+3$

Now add the like terms:

$y=36.375$

Since it needs to be rounded to the nearest cent, you will round to the nearest tenth:

$y=36.38$

Therefore, it will cost $36.38 to travel 8.9 miles.