QuestionThe cost gives truck rental costs. Find costs for miles, solve for , max miles for , domain, slope, and intercept.
Studdy Solution
STEP 1
Assumptions1. The cost function for renting a moving truck for a day is , where is the number of miles driven.
. The cost function is linear, and the cost increases with the number of miles driven.
3. The cost includes a fixed cost and a variable cost that depends on the number of miles driven.
STEP 2
(a) To find the cost if a person drives miles, we substitute into the cost function .
STEP 3
Calculate the cost when .
So, the cost is dollars if a person drives miles.
STEP 4
(b) To find out how many miles the person drove if the cost of renting the moving truck is , we set the cost function equal to and solve for .
STEP 5
Subtract from both sides of the equation to isolate the term with .
STEP 6
olve for by dividing both sides of the equation by .
STEP 7
Calculate the value of .
So, the person drove miles.
STEP 8
(c) To find the maximum number of miles the person can drive if the cost is to be no more than , we set the cost function equal to and solve for .
STEP 9
Subtract from both sides of the equation to isolate the term with .
STEP 10
olve for by dividing both sides of the equation by .
STEP 11
Calculate the value of .
So, the person can drive a maximum of miles.
STEP 12
(d) The implied domain of is all non-negative real numbers, because the number of miles driven cannot be negative. In interval notation, this is .
STEP 13
(e) The slope of the cost function is . This means that for each additional mile driven, the cost increases by dollars. This is the variable cost per mile.
STEP 14
(f) The -intercept of the cost function is . This means that even if no miles are driven (i.e., ), the cost is dollars. This is the fixed cost of renting the moving truck for a day.
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