A school club is raising funds by having a "Shred It Day." To shred the documents, the club is charging $12 for the first three paper bags full of documents and $2 for each additional bag. a) Formulate a linear function that models the total cost C(x) of shredding x additional bags of documents. b) Graph the model. c) Use the model to determine the total cost of shredding 5 bags of documents.

A school club is raising funds by having a "Shred It Day." To shred the documents, the club is charging $12 for the first three paper bags full of documents and $2 for each additional bag. a) Formulate a linear function that models the total cost C(x) of shredding x additional bags of documents. b) Graph the model. c) Use the model to determine the total cost of shredding 5 bags of documents.

Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry

13th Edition

ISBN:9781133382119

Author:Swokowski

Publisher:Swokowski

Chapter3: Functions And Graphs

Section3.3: Lines

Problem 33E

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