Question

The owner of a taxi company decides to run all the taxi on CNG fuels instead of petrol/ diesel. The taxi charges in city comprises of fixed charges together with the charge for the distance covered. For a journey of 13 km, the charge paid is ? 129 and for journey of 22 km, the charge paid is ^ 210. (i) What will a person have to pay for travelling a distance of 32 km? (ii) Why did he decide to use CNG for his taxi as a fuel? ​

Answer 1

Answer:

300

Step-by-step explanation:

$129 = f + 13.v$

$210 = f + 22.v$

solving these equations we get

f=12 (fixed charge) and

v=9 (variable charge)

when a person travels 32km 300 needs to ne paid