Marie orders a shuttle to the airport and learns that it will cost $15 plus $0.50 per mile. Write the equation of a linear function that models the relationship between number of miles and total cost of the shuttle.(1 point)

Question

Responses

y=15x+0.5
, where x
is the number of miles and y
is the total cost of the shuttle.
y equals 15 x plus 0.5 , where x is the number of miles and y is the total cost of the shuttle.

y=x+7.5
, where x
is the number of miles and y
is the total cost of the shuttle.
y equals x plus 7.5 , where x is the number of miles and y is the total cost of the shuttle.

y=0.5x+15
, where x
is the number of miles and y
is the total cost of the shuttle.
y equals 0.5 x plus 15 , where x is the number of miles and y is the total cost of the shuttle.

y=7.5x
, where x
is the number of miles and y
is the total cost of the shuttle.

Answer 1

To model the relationship between the number of miles (x) and the total cost of the shuttle (y), we start with the information given:

The cost is $15 plus $0.50 per mile. This can be expressed with the equation:

\[ y = 0.5x + 15 \]

Where:

• \( y \) is the total cost of the shuttle.
• \( x \) is the number of miles.

So the correct response is:

y = 0.5x + 15, where x is the number of miles and y is the total cost of the shuttle.