The bus fare in a city is People who use the bus have the option of purchasing a monthly coupon book for With the coupon book, the fare is reduced to $0.50. How many times must someone use the bus so that the total monthly cost without the coupon book is the same as the total monthly cost with the coupon book?

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Step-by-step explanation:

option a is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

scale factor: it is used to find proportional measurements.

proportions means having the same ratio.

scale factor is the ratio of the model measurement to the actual measurement in a simplest form.

or we can say that the ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures

if the scale factor is more than 1, then it is an enlargement,

if the scale factor less than 1, then it is a reduction.

given the two geometric figure:

by definition of proportions, we have