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A cab company charges $12 per mile for a lift to the airport.

What change would the company make to their charges to make this a non proportional situation?

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No changes are needed.
No changes are needed.

Charge a flat rate of $20 and then $12 per mile
Charge a flat rate of $20 and then $12 per mile

Charge $15 per mile instead of $12
Charge $15 per mile instead of $12

Charge $4 per mile instead of $12

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To make the company's charges a non-proportional situation, they would need to introduce a fixed cost that does not vary with the distance traveled, while still charging a variable amount per mile.

The correct response would be:

Charge a flat rate of $20 and then $12 per mile.

This means there is a fixed cost (the $20 flat rate) plus a variable cost associated with the distance (the $12 per mile), which makes the situation non-proportional.