Taking an Uber ride in NYC has an initial fee of $2.55 with an additional charge of $1.75 per mile (we will ignore the small per minute waiting fee). In equation form, cost = 2.55 + 1.75(miles). a local NYC resident records the number of miles for his first 25 rides with Uber. The mean distance of his rides is 5.6 miles with a standard deviation of 1.2 miles.