The number of people who voted follows a binomial distribution with probability of having voted

and

subjects, which means the approximating normal distribution should have mean

and standard deviation

.
With the continuity correction, you have
Simple...
you have: C(X)=3x+2.00
x=number of minutes
Pay attention to the y=mx+b form where m=slope-->>
3x is the slope...
so it's 3(times the number of minutes) <<---or (x)
This means that the slope is 3, or the fancy way of saying it-->>"rate of change."
The rate of change of the cost of the taxi ride is $3.00 per minute.
Thus, your answer.