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A certain municipality recently changed the fines levied for being caught exceeding the posted speed limit. The fine is €10 (euros) for every 1 kilometer per hour (kph) over the speed limit.

Select for Speed in kph and for Total fine in euros numbers that could be the speed of an automobile caught exceeding the speed limit of 130 kph and the total fine that would be levied, under the new fines, such that both numbers are jointly compatible with the information provided. Make only two selections, one in each column.
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A certain municipality recently changed the fines levied for being caught exceeding the posted speed limit. The fine is €10 (euros) for every 1 kilometer per hour (kph) over the speed limit.

Select for Speed in kph and for Total fine in euros numbers that could be the speed of an automobile caught exceeding the speed limit of 130 kph and the total fine that would be levied, under the new fines, such that both numbers are jointly compatible with the information provided. Make only two selections, one in each column.
Hi I've got the answer correct but would you mind showing me your calculation steps as I'd like be more efficient in doing the math.­
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A certain municipality recently changed the fines levied for being caught exceeding the posted speed limit. The fine is €10 (euros) for every 1 kilometer per hour (kph) over the speed limit.

Select for Speed in kph and for Total fine in euros numbers that could be the speed of an automobile caught exceeding the speed limit of 130 kph and the total fine that would be levied, under the new fines, such that both numbers are jointly compatible with the information provided. Make only two selections, one in each column.
Hi I've got the answer correct but would you mind showing me your calculation steps as I'd like be more efficient in doing the math.

FOR EVERY 1 KPH THE CAR EXCEEDS THEY WILL BE CHARGED 10 EUROS. KEEPING IN MIND THE SPEED LIMIT, WHICH IS 130 KPH, SO IF THE CAR GOES AT 131 KPH THEN HE WILL BE CHARGED €10, 132 KPH -> WILL BE CHARGED €20 AND SO ON.
GOING BY THE OPTION ASSUMING THE OPTIONS AS EUROS THEN €5 WILL NEVER COME AS THE FINE IS MULTIPLE OF 10.
NEXT €50 -> FOR THE CAR TO GET €50 AS FINE THEY MUST GO AT A SPEED OF 135KMPH, WHICH IS NOT THERE IN THE OPTIONS.
€100 -> FOR THE CAR TO GET €100 AS FINE THEY MUST GO AT A SPEED OF 140 KMPH, WHICH IS THERE IN THE OPTION-- CORRECT PAIR 140 KMPH , €100
€130 -> FOR THE CAR TO GET €130 AS FINE THEY MUST GO AT A SPEED OF 143 KMPH, WHICH IS NOT THERE IN OPTION­
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Hi I've got the answer correct but would you mind showing me your calculation steps as I'd like be more efficient in doing the math.

Hello JoeAa

We know that the fine starts when speed crosses 130 kph. Hence, for the first coulmn only last two values can be considered. If speed is 140, it means 10 kph above the posted limit, and 1 Euro per kph fine means 100 euros fine for 10 kph, so the answer is 140 kph speed and 100 Euro fine.
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A certain municipality recently changed the fines levied for being caught exceeding the posted speed limit. The fine is €10 (euros) for every 1 kilometer per hour (kph) over the speed limit.

Select for Speed in kph and for Total fine in euros numbers that could be the speed of an automobile caught exceeding the speed limit of 130 kph and the total fine that would be levied, under the new fines, such that both numbers are jointly compatible with the information provided. Make only two selections, one in each column.
­I chose 5 and 50, as it is asking for the speed exceeding 130, therefore for the speed of 135, the fine would be 50 euros. Was that the trap,for which I fell or is the wording of the question really tricky? The options too, because otherwise there are only two real options left in the first column.­
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First option chose 140 or 150, Then calculate fines.
1) for 140kmph, fine is (140-130)*10=100 euros correct as per table choice

2) for 150kmph, fine is (150-130)*10=200 euros, not given in choices
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A certain municipality recently changed the fines levied for being caught exceeding the posted speed limit. The fine is €10 (euros) for every 1 kilometer per hour (kph) over the speed limit.

Select for Speed in kph and for Total fine in euros numbers that could be the speed of an automobile caught exceeding the speed limit of 130 kph and the total fine that would be levied, under the new fines, such that both numbers are jointly compatible with the information provided. Make only two selections, one in each column.
­I chose 5 and 50, as it is asking for the speed exceeding 130, therefore for the speed of 135, the fine would be 50 euros. Was that the trap,for which I fell or is the wording of the question really tricky? The options too, because otherwise there are only two real options left in the first column.­
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no, you can't choose 5 as speed in kph and 50 as fine because if you choose this, you're saying that speed is 5kph which is not possible. So, the potential answer would be from 140kph or 150kph and thus fine would be 100 and 200 euro respectively. Your way of thinking or reasoning is wrong in this question.
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I approached the problem in the following manner.
the problem lays out that there will be a fine for any speed over 130km/h
the first 3 speeds are all < 130 meaning there will be no fine.
130 is not greater than 130 so we are at the speed limit resulting in no fine.
This alone eliminates the first 4 speed options

calculate the appropriate fine for the remaining speed options

140km/h=€100
150km/h=€200

seeing that €200 is not an option for the value of a fine that eliminates the speed of 150 leaving us only with the speed of 140km/h and a fine of €100

If you wanted to do the reverse and calculate the speed from the fine value you would find there are no corresponding speeds for the values of the fine save for 100 and 140
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