Cab companies often charge a flat fee for picking someone up and then charge an additional fee per mile driven.

City Cab A charges a flat rate of $2.00 and a rate of $.50 per mile.
City Cab B charges a flat rate of $1.75 and a rate of $.65 per mile.

Task 1

a. For the first company write an equation in slope-intercept form.



b. What do the slope and y-intercept mean in the context of this problem?
Hint: What do you pay when you step into the cab?




Task 2
For the second company, express in a table the cost of the cab ride given the number of miles provided.
Number of Miles 0 1 2 3 4 5
Total Cost (dollars)




a. For the second company write an equation in point-slope form.


b. What does the slope mean in the context of the problem?




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Helpful forms
Slope-Intercept Form y=mx+b
Point-Slope Form y-y_1=m(x-x_1)