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4. Ricardo is taking a trip from Arizona to Yosemite National Park in California. The gas mileage in miles per gallon for Ricardo's truck can be modeled by the function m(s) = - 60| + 25. a. What is the most miles per gallon that Ricardo's truck will get and at what speed? b. Ricardo gets a new truck which has a maximum miles per gallon of 30 at a speed of 55 but is the same otherwise. What function can this be modeled by?

4. Ricardo is taking a trip from Arizona to Yosemite National Park in California. The gas mileage in miles per gallon for Ricardo's truck can be modeled by the function m(s) = - 60| + 25. a. What is the most miles per gallon that Ricardo's truck will get and at what speed? b. Ricardo gets a new truck which has a maximum miles per gallon of 30 at a speed of 55 but is the same otherwise. What function can this be modeled by?

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018
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4. Ricardo is taking a trip from Arizona to Yosemite National Park in California. The gas mileage in miles per gallon for Ricardo's truck can be modeled by the function m(s) = --|s – 60| + 25. a. What is the most miles per gallon that Ricardo's truck will get and at what speed? b. Ricardo gets a new truck which has a maximum miles per gallon of 30 at a speed of 55 but is the same otherwise. What function can this be modeled by?
Transcribed Image Text:4. Ricardo is taking a trip from Arizona to Yosemite National Park in California. The gas mileage in miles per gallon for Ricardo's truck can be modeled by the function m(s) = --|s – 60| + 25. a. What is the most miles per gallon that Ricardo's truck will get and at what speed? b. Ricardo gets a new truck which has a maximum miles per gallon of 30 at a speed of 55 but is the same otherwise. What function can this be modeled by?
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