Why are the following lines ironic?

"'my name is ozymandias, king of kings:
look on my works, ye mighty, and despair! '"

a. ozymandias never ruled anything.
b. the inscription was intended to "mock" the king that the statue portrays.
c. we know that shortly after the statue was erected, ozymandias was killed in a battle with the persian empire.
d. all of the great works of the king have decayed to ruin.
e. none of these

d. All of the great works of the king have decayed to ruin.

Explanation:

The given lines “my name is Ozymandias, king of kings, look on my works, Ye mighty and despair” are ironic because even his statue which is so large has been destructed. It hints on the fact that pride and materialistic power is a temporary thing and it will eventually end. Everything in world is subjected to decadence. This is what happens with Ozymandias and the speeches given by him is a decay.

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