Which of the following is a purpose of stage directions?
a. to suggest a character’s feelings to the actor
b. to tell what the characters are saying to each other
c. to list the characters of the play
d. to describe the setting of a scene

a. to suggest a character’s feelings to the actor

Explanation:

A play is a literary form usually consisting of dialogue between characters and intended to be staged - not just read. For this reason, in the plays, the actors must respect a script, made by a playwright. In this script will be described the directions of stage that aims to convey to the actor the feelings and movements of the character, in this way the performance will pass to the audience exactly what the playwright had wanted to pass.

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