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Timmy taxi service charges $3.50 for pickup, plus an additional $0.20 per miles. What is the constant in this situation?

Answer 1

Here Taxi service $3.50 for pick up , this price is fixed , it is not changing per mile or per hour ...

The constant is $3.50 for pick up, only the additional price $0.20 is varying here per mile .

so $ 0.20 is the variable here not constant

$ 3.50 is the constant for pick up

Answer 2

The constant in this situation is the $3.50 for pickup.

This is the constant because you pay this fee regardless of how many miles your trip is.

The variable is the number of miles which would be multiplied by the cost per mile, $0.20, and added to the constant to give you the total cost of the trip.