Richard's Rocks sells decorative landscape rocks in bulk quantities. For quantities up to and including 500 lb, Richard charges $2.50 per pound. For quantities above 500 lb, he charges $2 per pound plus a quantity discount surcharge. If k represents this surcharge, the price function is:

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Richard's Rocks sells decorative landscape rocks in bulk quantities. For quantities up to and including 500 lb, Richard charges $2.50 per pound. For quantities above 500 lb, he charges $2 per pound plus a quantity discount surcharge.

If k represents this surcharge, the price function is:

 

(2.50х if 0<x< 500
2х + k if х>500
p(x) =
Transcribed Image Text:(2.50х if 0<x< 500 2х + k if х>500 p(x) =
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