Cab companies often charge a flat fee for picking up someone and then an additional fee per mile driven.
The city of Raleigh, NC charger $1.95 fee and $2.70 per mile for each cab ride
For the Raleigh company write an equation in slope-intercept form to represent the amount charged, C, for m number of miles.
To represent the amount charged, C, for m number of miles, we can use the slope-intercept form of a linear equation, which is given by:
C = mx + b
In this case, m represents the number of miles and C represents the amount charged. The flat fee charged for picking up someone is $1.95, so we can assign 1.95 to b. The additional fee per mile driven is $2.70, so we can assign 2.70 to m. Therefore, the equation in slope-intercept form that represents the amount charged is:
C = 2.70m + 1.95