Question

The taxi fare in a city is as follows for the first kilometre the fare is rupees 8 and for the subsequent distance it is rupees 5 per kilometre taking the distance covered as X km and total fare is rupees y. The linear equation for this information is ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Taxi fare for first kilometre =₹8

Taxi fare for subsequent distance =₹5

Total distance covered =y

Total fare =x

According to question,

Fare for (x-1) kilometer=5(x-1)

so, the total fare y=5(x-1) +8

y=5x-5+8

y=5x+3

so, y=5x+3 is the linear equation