we will take two points on the line,
first is (0,2) and other is (1, 4)
the rate of change will be the slope of the line,
[tex]\begin{gathered} m=\frac{4-2}{1-0} \\ m=\frac{2}{1}=2 \end{gathered}[/tex]so the rate of the change is 2 km per trip
so the answer is 2