You are trying to decide whether to use Uber or Lyft during a vacation. Uber charges $3 to pick up plus an additional $0.25 for each mile driven. Lyft does not charge to pick up but they have a rate of $0.75 for each mile driven. Let x = the number of miles traveled and y = the total cost for the trip.

If a trip is 8 miles, which company would be the better choice? Show the work that leads to your answer.

the answer is uber.

Step-by-step explanation: Uber: 3 + 2 = $5.00 total

Lyft: = 6 dollars total

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we can analyze the pattern at which the terms increase. let us denote , , , so that we can call

note the following:

the pattern: to get the next term value, we just add the next term number (e.g. 1st, 2nd, to the previous term value (term values are the given numbers in the question, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15,

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etc.

we need to form a recursive formula, a formula that has the next term as a function of the previous term. so a possible recursive formula can be

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