The authorial reticence used in the narration of the story allows the narrator to exaggerate makes the reader more likely to believe the story holds the plot together hides the symbolism

The correct option is the first one, allows the narrator to exaggerate.

Explanation:

Authorial reticence represents one of the characteristics of the style of fiction known as Magical realism, or marvelous realism. It is defined as the deliberate withholding of explanations about the fictitious events.

When such authorial reticence is used in a story the narrator does not provide explanation whatsoever about any fantastic or extraordinary events that may have occurred in the story. In other words, magical events are presented as ordinary and thus, the reader accepts them as normal.

Bearing in mind the described above, it could be said that the authorial reticence used in the narration of the story allows the narrator to exaggerate.

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