Taxi A charges $3.00 just to get in the cab and $1.00 for each mile traveled.

Question

Write an equation that can be used to find the cost of traveling any distance in this taxi. Use c to represent the cost, in dollars and m to represent the miles traveled.

Answer 1

To model the cost of traveling in Taxi A, we start with the base fare and then add the cost per mile traveled.

The fixed charge to get into the cab is $3.00, and for each mile traveled, it costs $1.00.

We can express this relationship with the following equation:

\[ c = 3.00 + 1.00m \]

In this equation:

• \( c \) represents the total cost in dollars.
• \( m \) represents the number of miles traveled.

So, you can use this equation to find the total cost for any distance traveled in the taxi.