a private taxi charges a fare of RS 260 for ajourney of 200KM. how much would it travel for RS 279.50 solve please Share with your friends Share 0 Manbar Singh answered this Let the journey for the taxi fare of Rs 279.50 is x km.Now, it is given that taxi charges a fare of Rs 260 for a journey of 200 km.Since, more distance travelled more will be the taxi fare and vice-versa, so taxi fare and the distance travelled varies directly. In tabular form : Taxi fare (in Rs) 260 279.50 Distance (in km) 200 x Now, 260200 = 279.50x⇒x = 279.50 × 200260 = 55900260 = 215Hence, distance travelled for Rs 279.50 is 215 km. 1 View Full Answer