Assignment:
Q1. Toxic pollutants. The annual cost in dollars for removing p% of the toxic chemicals from a town’s water supply is given by the formula
C(p)= 500.000 / 100 - p
a) Use the accompanying graph to estimate the cost for removing 90% and 95% of the toxic chemicals.
b) Use the formula to find C(99.5) and C(99.9).
c) What happens to the cost as the percentage of pollutants removed approaches 100%?
Q2. Driving marathon. Felix drove 800 miles in x hours on Monday.
a) Write a rational expression for his average speed.
b) On Tuesday he drove for 6 hours at the same average speed. Write a rational expression for his distance on Tuesday.
Provide complete and step by step solution for the question and show calculations and use formulas.