Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 1 - Section 1.1 - Four Ways to Represent a Function - 1.1 Exercises - Page 22: 66

Answer

(a) $E(x) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} 10+0.06x & \quad 0\leq x \leq 1200 \\ 82+(x-1200)\times0.07 & \quad x > 1200 \end{array} \right. $ (b) See image

Work Step by Step

(a) As mentioned in the problem, $\$10$ is a base fee per month and customers pay an additional amount of money according to electricity usage, which is $\$0.06$ per kWh up to $1200 kWh$ and $\$0.07$ per kWh after $1200 kWh$. $E(x) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} 10+0.06x & \quad 0\leq x \leq 1200 \\ (10+0.06\times1200)+(x-1200)\times0.07 & \quad x > 1200 \end{array} \right. $ $=\left\{ \begin{array}{ll} 10+0.06x &\quad 0\leq x\leq 1200 \\ 82+(x-1200)\times0.07 &\quad x >1200 \end{array} \right.$ (b) See image
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