A cab company charges $8 per mile for a lift to the airport.

Question

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

(1 point)
Responses

Charge a flat rate of $10 and then $8 per mile
Charge a flat rate of $10 and then $8 per mile

Charge $12 per mile instead of $8
Charge $12 per mile instead of $8

No changes are needed
No changes are needed

Charge $4 per mile instead of $8

Answer 1

To change the situation from proportional to non-proportional, the company would need to add a fixed charge that does not change with the distance traveled.

Therefore, the correct response would be:

Charge a flat rate of $10 and then $8 per mile.

This establishes a fixed cost combined with a variable cost, making the total charges non-proportional as they no longer directly scale with distance alone.