Question

A New York City taxi charges $3 per ride plus an additional $0.50 per mile. Which function below shows how to calculate the total cost of a taxi ride that is x miles long?

A. f(x) = $3x + $0.50
B. f(x) = $3x − $0.50
C. f(x) = $0.50x + $3
D. f(x) = $0.50x − $3

Answer 1

Which one do you think it is?

Answer 2

b

Answer 3

If we get in the taxi for a ride, we already owe the driver 3 dollars no matter how far he takes us.

For every mile he takes us we owe him 50 more cents.

How much would we owe him if he drove us two miles?

Answer 4

i don know

Answer 5

this is exactly like the one i helped you with the other day

Answer 6

yes sorry

Answer 7

If we just sit in his car we owe him 3 dollars

If he drives us one mile we own him the initial 3 dollars plus 50 cents for the mile he just drove so $3.50

If he drives us two miles we owe him 50 more cents which would be $4.00

Answer 8

haha so you have to pay the taxi $3 and then you you have to mulitiply $.50 by then number of miles. which one do you think it would be?

Answer 9

Do you see how the initial 3 dollars doesn't change?

Answer 10

b

Answer 11

b is subtracting your equation will have to do with addition

Answer 12

Nope.

We owe the driver $0.50 for every mile he takes us

$0.50 * the number of miles we go

Answer 13

c

Answer 14

Yes

Answer 15

correct !! :D

Answer 16

gracias

Answer 17

:*

Answer 18

welcome

Answer 19

de nada :)