37. The costs of taxi rides of different lengths, given in quarter miles, are shown in the table below.

Each cost consists of a fixed charge and a charge per quarter mile. What is the fixed charge?

Answer and Explanation

Your Answer is

Correct Answer is C

Explanation

By observing the data, it can be obtained that the variable cost increases by 0.5 for every 2 quarter mile, and if there is no fixed cost for 10 quarter mile, the cost should only be 2.5, so the extra 1.5 is the fixed cost. Choose C.