Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England
The purpose of fasting on Wednesdays is specifically to
encourage the eating of fish, to support the fishing
industry. People therefore respond differently. Some
households uphold the old religious fasts during Advent
and Lent, as if they are still observing the religious law;
others ignore Advent but observe the Lenten fast. Still
others ignore Wednesdays and just fast on Fridays and
Saturdays.
Why does the author use third-person point of view in
this excerpt?
The author wants to present factual information
effectively
The author wants to draw the reader deeper into the
experience
The author wants to directly address the audience.
The author wants to persuade the reader of his idea.

The correct answer is A. The author wants to present factual information effectively.

Explanation:

In general, the third-person point of view is objective and impersonal. Due to this, in the third-person point of view authors avoid the use of "I" (or related) that can introduce the author's point of view and the use of "you" that directly appeals to the audience. Instead, authors just report information using the pronouns they, she, he, it.

This occurs in the passage presented because the author focuses on describing the origin of fasting on Wednesday and the diverse responses of people to this without including personal opinions. Also, the author uses third-person pronouns, for example in "they are still observing the religious law". In this context, the author uses this point of view to present factual information effectively or create an objective/impersonal text (option A).

in the problem you wrote said that the taxi charges $0.070 per mile(which would be 7 cents per mile), but then in your suggested equation you have it as $0.70 per mile (which is 70 cents per mile).

the latter seems more realistic, so i will assume that the taxi costs $5.00 and charges $0.70 per mile with tolls costing an additional $3.50. and it asks you to find how far you can travel on $36.50.

let x the number of miles traveled. since the taxi charges $0.70 per mile, multiplying this by the miles traveled (x) will yield the cost of the taxi ride as far as how far it took you. then adding this amount to the cost of the taxi ($5.00) and the additional cost for the tolls ($3.50) will give you the total cost of the taxi ride ($36.50)

that is,

            (0.70)x + 5.00 + 3.50 = 36.50

adding the like terms on the left-hand side of this equation, we arrive at the following:

            (0.70)x + 8.50 = 36.50

subtracting 8.50 from both sides of the equation, we get:

            (0.70)x = 28.00

to solve for x, divide both sides of the equation above by the coefficient of x (that being, 0.70):

            x = 40

thus, you can travel up to 40 miles on $36.50