Question

taxi fare in a city is as follows: for the first kilometer, the fare is Rs 8 and for the

subsequent distance it is Rs 5 per km. Taking the distance covered as x km and total fare

as Rs y, writes a linear equation for this information, and draw its graph.​

Answer 1

Answer:

y=8+5x

Step-by-step explanation:

Now for the first kilometer the price is invariably $8 (Quite cheap for a cab I must say)

And for every subsequent kilometer it is 5$

So the total is 8$+ 5$(no: of kilometers)

Which is y=8+5x

Now if the word subsequent wasn't mentioned you'd have to reduced the number of kilometers by 1 cause the first kilometre is already accounted for right?

So it'd be y=8+5x-5 ie. y=3+5x

But it's not

So it's the first one