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Pollution Suppose the cost C of removing p percent of the particulate pollution from the exhaust gases at an industrial site is modeled by
Where
Use the restriction on p and experiment with a C- range to obtain an accurate graph of the equation with a graphing utility.
Describe what happens to C as p gets close to 100.
The point
Explain the meaning of the p-intercept.
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