C 15,000 - 10,000 - 5,000 50 100 150 200 250 Cost of an air flight. The slopes of the tangent lines decrease as x increases, so the marginal cost decreases as well.

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Company data suggest that when there are 50 or more passengers, the total dollar cost of a certain flight is approximately C(x) = 0.0005x3 - 0.38x 2+120x, where x is the number of passengers

C
15,000 -
10,000 -
5,000
50 100 150 200 250
Cost of an air flight. The slopes
of the tangent lines decrease as x increases,
so the marginal cost decreases as well.
Transcribed Image Text:C 15,000 - 10,000 - 5,000 50 100 150 200 250 Cost of an air flight. The slopes of the tangent lines decrease as x increases, so the marginal cost decreases as well.
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