Question

If Uber charges a $4.15 pickup fee plus $1.12 per mile, which equation can be used to calculate the cost of a ride of

x
x miles?

Answer 1

4.15+1.12x

Explanation:

So lets go over what we know.

The cost of a pickup is 4.15 dollars.

The cost of the pickup fee increases by 1.12 dollars per mile.

So when we start off, it will orginate as 4.15 dollars.

We know that this price is going to be increased by the other value, so we can write it as:

4.15+

We know that for each mile, this price goes up by 1.12.

If we went 10 miles, for instance, it would be 1.12 10 times, or 11.2 dollars.

So we know that thr 4.15 will be increased by 1.12 times the amount of miles.

Or:

4.15+1.12*m

=

4.15+1.12m.

Hope this helps!