The equation will be:
y = $3 + $2.50*x
And the graph can be seen below.
How to find the equation?
For the given information we can define the variables:
- y = cost of the ride.
- x = number of miles of the ride.
We know that the taxi costs a fixed $3 plus $2.50 for each mile, then if you travel for x miles you must pay:
y = $3 + $2.50*x
To graph it, you can:
- evaluate the function in two different values of x.
- get the correspondent points.
- graph the points.
- connect them with a line.
We can get:
x = 0
y = $3 + $2.50*0 = $3
Then we have the point (0, $3)
x = 1
y = $3 + $2.50*1 = $5.50
Then we have the point (1, $5,50)
Using these two we will get the graph that you can see below.
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