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3.5 Exercise 79

Avg difficulty 2.5

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The daily cost to the printing company to print a book is modeled by the function C(x)=3.25x+1500C \left(x\right) = 3.25 x + 1500 where C is the total daily cost in dollars and x is the number of books printed.

ⓐ Determine the independent and dependent variable.

ⓑ Find C(0).C \left(0\right) . Explain what this result means.

ⓒ Find C(1000).C \left(1000\right) . Explain what this result means.

OpenStax Intermediate Algebra 2e, 3.5 Relations and Functions, exercise 79

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