In paragraph 46, the point of view changes from third-person to first-person narration. what is the purpose of this shift in point of view?

Explanation:

The story in question is The Guilty Party which, at the very end, switches point of view.

The point of view we see from then is perhaps the soul of someone who died and who is waiting, watching as they bring Liz's soul.

The reason for this is to paint the confusion, dream-like state and to underline the point of Liz dying, as well as to explain closely how is the case looked 'on the other side'.

Switching to the first person, the author tried to convey a sense of the other side better to the reader; the confusion, dream-like state, weirdness of it. This way we can see even closely the guild her father had over her upbringing if it has transferred to the other side and the world of the deceased, as well as Liz's vindication from the close point of view of someone who is personally witnessing it.

the irony is that the name has ''fortunate'' in it, but the kid named fortunato is not fortunate to be named that.

explanation:

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